juvete
Romanian
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Ukrainian живе́ць (žyvécʹ, “fry, small fish”), from Baltic (compare Lithuanian žuvìs, Latvian zivs, both ‘fish’), with suffix altered to diminutive -ete.
Noun
juvete m (plural juveți)
- fry, any small fish
- nickname applied to Oltenians (Romanians from Oltenia, in Romania)
Declension
declension of juvete
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) juvete | juvetele | (niște) juveți | juveții |
| genitive/dative | (unui) juvete | juvetelui | (unor) juveți | juveților |
| vocative | juvete | juveților | ||