mărunțel

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mărunt +‎ -el, or less likely a Vulgar Latin *minūtellus. Compare Old Italian minutello, Sardinian minudeddu, Old French menuel, Spanish menudillo (Old Spanish menudiello).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə.runˈt͡sel/

Adjective

mărunțel m or n (feminine singular mărunțea or mărunțică, masculine plural mărunței, feminine and neuter plural mărunțele)

  1. diminutive of mărunt very small, tiny, mean

Declension

Declension of mărunțel
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite mărunțel mărunțea
mărunțică 		mărunței mărunțele
definite mărunțelul mărunțeaua
mărunțica 		mărunțeii mărunțelele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite mărunțel mărunțele mărunței mărunțele
definite mărunțelului mărunțelei mărunțeilor mărunțelelor

References

  1. ^ https://www.yumpu.com/ro/document/view/16241752/dictionarul-etimologic-al-limbii-romne-elementele-latine/177
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