mână

See also: mana, MANA, Mana, maná, mañá, maña, manä, manā, mâna, mană, and mãnã

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin manus (a feminine word despite its declension/ending), and probably reformed analogically as a singular from an early Romanian *mâni, plural of the hypothetical original form, *mân. The Latin derives from Proto-Italic *manus, itself from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“hand”). Compare Catalan mà, French main, Galician man, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Sardinian manu, Spanish mano. Most of the Romance cognates kept the feminine gender and the otherwise masculine-like ending, while in Proto-Romanian it switched to a feminine-like form/declension with an '-ă' ending (compare Aromanian mãnã, Megleno-Romanian mǫnă, Istro-Romanian măre).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɨ.nə/

Noun

mână f (plural mâini)

  1. hand

Declension
declension of mână
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) mână mâna (niște) mâini mâinile
genitive/dative (unei) mâini mâinii (unor) mâini mâinilor
vocative mână, mâno mâinilor

Derived terms

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