joacă

Romanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒo̯a.kə/
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  • Rhymes: -akə
  • Hyphenation: joa‧că

Etymology 1

Deverbal from juca (to play).

Noun

joacă f (uncountable)

  1. play
Declension

Genitive-dative forms are uncommon and remain unstandardised by language authorities. For the definite forms, both joacăi and joacei are encountered, whereas the indefinite is rarer.

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative joacă joaca
genitive-dative joace joacăi
joacei
vocative
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

joacă

  1. inflection of juca (to play):
    1. third-person singular/plural indicative present
    2. second-person singular imperative

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