-că
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ъка (-ŭka), from Proto-Slavic *-ъka.
Suffix
[edit]-că f (plural -ce)
- Forms feminine nouns from masculine nouns.
- român (“Romanian”) + -că → româncă (“Romanian woman”)
- cetățean (“citizen”) + -că → cetățeancă (“female citizen”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | -că | -ca | -ce | -cele |
| genitive-dative | -ce | -cei | -ce | -celor |
| vocative | -că, -co | -celor | ||