doică

See also: doica and Đội ca

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian до́йка (dójka, “wetnurse”), from дой (doj, “nurishment, milking”) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *dojiti (“to give milk”). Compare also Serbo-Croatian dojka and Slovak dojka.

Noun

doică f (plural doici)

  1. wet-nurse
  2. babysitter

Declension

Declension of doică
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative doică doica doici doicile
genitive-dative doici doicii doici doicilor
vocative doică, doico doicilor

Synonyms

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