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micuț

little, small (cute/endearing) /miˈkut͡s/

adjective#1660 most common

Also: tiny, the little one (as a noun, for a child)

Example sentences

Câinele este micuț.
The dog is small.
Am o pisică micuță.
I have a little cat.
Micuțul doarme liniștit în pătuț.
The little one is sleeping peacefully in the crib.
Fetița aceea micuță zâmbește mereu.
That little girl is always smiling.
În ciuda staturii sale micuțe, avea o voce puternică.
Despite his small stature, he had a powerful voice.
Satul micuț, cocoțat pe deal, părea desprins dintr-o poveste.
The tiny village, perched on the hill, seemed to have stepped out of a storybook.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativemicuțulmicuții
Genitivemicuțuluimicuților
Accusativemicuțulmicuții
Vocativemicuțulemicuților

Word family

micsmall
micuțăsmall (feminine form)
micșorato shrink, to make smaller
micimesmallness

Etymology

Micuț is built from the Romanian adjective mic, meaning small, plus the diminutive suffix -uț. Mic itself is generally traced to Latin mica, a word for a crumb or small grain, which came to mean small in Vulgar Latin. The suffix -uț is a native Romanian diminutive ending, common in affectionate forms for children and small animals.

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