taică

Romanian

Etymology

From tată (“father”) +‎ maică (“mother”). Compare Bulgarian та́йка (tájka), Serbo-Croatian tajko, tajka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaj.kə/
  • Hyphenation: tai‧că

Noun

taică m (singular only)

  1. (familiar) father, dad, (in the vocative) dear old dad
    Synonym: tată

Declension

Declension of taică
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative taică taica, taicăl
genitive-dative taică taicii, taicăi
vocative taică

Derived terms

  • taică-meu, taică-tău, taică-său
  • tac-tu, tac-su

Further reading

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