juvete

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Ukrainian живе́ць (žyvécʹ, “fry, small fish”), from Baltic (compare Lithuanian žuvìs, Latvian zivs, both ‘fish’), with suffix altered to diminutive -ete.

Noun

juvete m (plural juveți)

1. fry, any small fish
2. nickname applied to Oltenians (Romanians from Oltenia, in Romania)

Declension

Declension of juvete

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) juvete	juvetele	(niște) juveți	juveții
genitive/dative	(unui) juvete	juvetelui	(unor) juveți	juveților
vocative	juvete		juveților