sobă

See also: soba, sobá, sõba, and sobą

Romanian

Alternative forms

• собэ (sobă) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈso.bə]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صوبا (soba, “stove”), from Hungarian szoba (“room”), from Old High German stuba (“warmed room, oven”).

Noun

sobă f (plural sobe)

1. stove, oven
2. heater

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian szoba.

Noun

sobă f (plural sobe)

1. (less common) room, bedroom

   Synonyms: cameră, dormitor, odaie

Declension

The following declension is the same for both of the above nouns.

Declension of sobă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) sobă	soba	(niște) sobe	sobele
genitive/dative	(unei) sobe	sobei	(unor) sobe	sobelor
vocative	sobă, sobo		sobelor