foaie
Romanian
Alternative forms
- фоае (foae /foaie/) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Cf. also the related folie and foliu, borrowed from the same Latin source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfo̯a.je/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aje
- Hyphenation: foa‧ie
Noun
foaie f (plural foi)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | foaie | foaia | foi | foile | |
| genitive-dative | foi | foii | foi | foilor | |
| vocative | foaie, foaio | foilor | |||
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “foaie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026