moașă

See also: Moașa

Romanian

Alternative forms

• моашэ (moașă) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Synchronically the feminine of moș, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo̯a.ʃə/
• Rhymes: -aʃə
• Hyphenation: moa‧șă

Noun

moașă f (plural moașe)

1. midwife
2. (colloquial) old woman

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	moașă	moașa		moașe	moașele
genitive-dative	moașe	moașei		moașe	moașelor
vocative	moașă, moașo			moașelor

Further reading

• “moașă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026