mămăruță

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. According to Sorin Paliga, in his Etymological Dictionary of Romanian: either from a reduplication of mărúț (“diminutive of mare (“big”)”) +‎ -uță or, derived from mamă (“mother”).

Noun

mămăruță f (plural mămăruțe)

  1. ladybug
    Synonyms: buburuză, gărgăriță

Declension

Declension of mămăruță
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative mămăruță mămăruța mămăruțe mămăruțele
genitive-dative mămăruțe mămăruței mămăruțe mămăruțelor
vocative mămăruță, mămăruțo mămăruțelor
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