puternic
Romanian
Etymology
From putere (“strength”) + -nic. An innovated construction using a slavic suffix, which displaced the older term vârtos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈter.nik/
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Adjective
puternic m or n (feminine singular puternică, masculine plural puternici, feminine/neuter plural puternice)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | puternic | puternică | puternici | puternice | ||
| definite | puternicul | puternica | puternicii | puternicele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | puternic | puternice | puternici | puternice | ||
| definite | puternicului | puternicei | puternicilor | puternicelor | |||