apă
See also: Appendix:Variations of "apa"
Romanian
Alternative forms
- апэ (apă)
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
Audio: (file)
Noun
apă f (plural ape)
- water
- apă distilată ― distilled water
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | apă | apa | ape | apele | |
genitive-dative | ape | apei | ape | apelor | |
vocative | apă, apo | apelor |
Related terms
Further reading
- “apă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025