zăpadă

See also: zapada

Romanian

Etymology

A back-formation from zăpădi (“to cover with snow”), from Old Church Slavonic западати (zapadati, “to fall”). Displaced the native nea in the southern half of Romania.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zəˈpadə]
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Noun

zăpadă f (plural zăpezi)

  1. snow
    Synonyms: nea, ninsoare, omăt

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative zăpadă zăpada zăpezi zăpezile
genitive-dative zăpezi zăpezii zăpezi zăpezilor
vocative zăpadă, zăpado zăpezilor

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