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tătic
daddy /taˈtik/
noun#3138 most common
Also: dad, papa
Example sentences
Tătic, te iubesc!
Daddy, I love you!
Unde este tătic?
Where is daddy?
Tăticul meu lucrează la spital.
My daddy works at the hospital.
Copilul a alergat fericit spre tăticul lui.
The child ran happily toward his daddy.
I-am desenat un cadou tăticului pentru ziua lui de naștere.
I drew a gift for daddy for his birthday.
Tăticule, poți să-mi explici de ce cerul este albastru ziua și negru noaptea?
Daddy, can you explain to me why the sky is blue in the day and black at night?
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tătic | tătici |
| Genitive | tăticului | tăticilor |
| Accusative | tătic | tătici |
| Vocative | tăticule | tăticilor |
Word family
Etymology
Tătic is built from tată, the Romanian word for father, plus the diminutive suffix -ic, which adds warmth and smallness. Tată descends from Latin tata, a child-speech word for father that shows up across many Indo-European languages. Because words like this arise from the babbling sounds infants make, they tend to look alike across unrelated language families as well, not only related ones.
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