mână

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mana"

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin manus (a feminine word despite its declension/ending), and probably reformed analogically as a singular from an early Romanian *mâni, plural of the hypothetical original form, *mân. The Latin derives from Proto-Italic *manus, itself from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“hand”). Compare Catalan mà, French main, Galician man, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Sardinian manu, Spanish mano. Most of the Romance cognates kept the feminine gender and the otherwise masculine-like ending, while in Proto-Romanian it switched to a feminine-like form/declension with an '-ă' ending (compare Aromanian mãnã, Megleno-Romanian mǫnă, Istro-Romanian măre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɨ.nə/

Noun

mână f (plural mâini)

1. hand

Declension

Declension of mână

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) mână	mâna	(niște) mâini	mâinile
genitive/dative	(unei) mâini	mâinii	(unor) mâini	mâinilor
vocative	mână, mâno		mâinilor

Derived terms

• îndemână
• mânuță
• înmâna

Related terms

• mănușă
• mâner
• mânecă
• mănunchi

See also

• braț
• mâna

Verb

mână

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of mânea
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of mânea