miță

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mita"

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *agnicia, from *agnicius (“of lamb”), from Latin agnus (“lamb”). Compare Aromanian njitsã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.t͡sə/

Noun

miță f (plural mițe)

1. a tuft of wool or hair
2. unsheared wool from a sheep that has grown long
3. wool sheared for the first time from a young lamb or low quality wool sheared from the head, feet, and tail of a sheep

Declension

Declension of miță

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) miță	mița	(niște) mițe	mițele
genitive/dative	(unei) mițe	miței	(unor) mițe	mițelor
vocative	miță, mițo		mițelor

Derived terms

• mițos

Related terms

• miel

See also

• smoc
• floc
• fulg

Further reading

• miță in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)