mâță
(Redirected from mâţă)
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mata"
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Probably an onomatopoeic expressive creation, with similar words in many languages (compare Albanian mace). See also motan.
Alternatively of Romance origin, compare Italian micio, Old French mite and Spanish miz(o). See also German Mieze. Could also be of Proto-Slavic *maca origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mâță f (plural mâțe)
Declension edit
Declension of mâță
Further reading edit
- mâță in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)