cheie

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin clāvis, clāvem.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈke.je]
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Adjective

cheie m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. key, chief

Declension
Declension of cheie (invariable)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite cheie cheie cheie cheie
definite — — — —
genitive/
dative 		indefinite cheie cheie cheie cheie
definite — — — —

Noun

cheie f (plural chei)

  1. key (device for unlocking)
  2. key (crucial step or requirement)
  3. wrench, spanner
  4. (music) clef
  5. (in the plural) gorge, ravine

Declension
Declension of cheie
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) cheie cheia (niște) chei cheile
genitive/dative (unei) chei cheii (unor) chei cheilor
vocative cheie, cheio cheilor

References
  1. Gabriela Panã Dindelegan, Martin Maiden, The Grammar of Romanian (2013), page 10: "The consonants [c, ɟ] are an innovation of Daco-Romanian; they originated in the clusters [kʎ] (< Lat. [kl.]), [ɡʎ] (< Lat. [ɡl]), where [l] has undergone palatalization: cheie [ceje] 'key' < clavis, […] "
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