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păpușă
doll /pəˈpuʃə/
noun#2482 most common
Also: puppet, pretty girl (colloquial term of endearment)
Example sentences
Fetița are o păpușă.
The little girl has a doll.
Păpușa este pe pat.
The doll is on the bed.
I-am cumpărat o păpușă nouă de ziua ei.
I bought her a new doll for her birthday.
Copiii se joacă cu păpușile în camera lor.
The children play with the dolls in their room.
Bunica a cusut rochița păpușii cu mare grijă.
Grandmother sewed the doll's little dress with great care.
Deși părea doar o păpușă veche, colecționarii o considerau o piesă rară și valoroasă.
Although it looked like just an old doll, collectors considered it a rare and valuable piece.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | păpușa | păpușile |
| Genitive | păpușii | păpușilor |
| Accusative | păpușa | păpușile |
| Vocative | păpușo | păpușilor |
Word family
păpușarpuppeteer or doll-maker
păpușăriepuppet theater or doll shop
păpușicălittle doll (diminutive)
păpușoicorn, maize (regional term)
Etymology
The origin of păpușă is disputed among Romanian etymologists. Some link it to a Balkan word for a small child or a stuffed figure, shared loosely with neighboring languages, but no reliable Proto-Indo-European root has been established. The word is attested with its current sense of a child's toy figure, and it later picked up a colloquial extension: a term for an attractive young woman, much like English uses doll.
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