lipsă

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from lipsi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlip.sə/
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  • Rhymes: -ipsə
  • Hyphenation: lip‧să

Noun

lipsă f (plural lipsuri)

  1. absence
  2. lack, want, deficiency
    el are o lipsă de apă
    he is in want of water
    (literally, “he has a lack of water”)

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative lipsă lipsa lipsuri lipsurile
genitive-dative lipsuri lipsurii lipsuri lipsurilor
vocative

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