apă

See also: Appendix:Variations of "apa"

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Compare Aromanian apã, Megleno-Romanian apu, Istro-Romanian åpę and Sardinian abba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.pə/
  • Rhymes: -apə
  • Hyphenation: a‧pă
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Noun

apă f (plural ape)

  1. water
    apă distilatădistilled water

Declension

Declension of apă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative apă apa ape apele
genitive-dative ape apei ape apelor
vocative apă, apo apelor

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