furnica
Romanian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin formīcāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fur.niˈka/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: fur‧ni‧ca
Verb
a furnica (third-person singular present furnică, past participle furnicat, third-person subjunctive furnice) 1st conjugation
- (transitive) to tingle, feel pins and needles
- (intransitive) to swarm, bustle
Conjugation
conjugation of furnica (first conjugation, no infix)
| infinitive | a furnica | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | furnicând | ||||||
| past participle | furnicat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | furnic | furnici | furnică | furnicăm | furnicați | furnică | |
| imperfect | furnicam | furnicai | furnica | furnicam | furnicați | furnicau | |
| simple perfect | furnicai | furnicași | furnică | furnicarăm | furnicarăți | furnicară | |
| pluperfect | furnicasem | furnicaseși | furnicase | furnicaserăm | furnicaserăți | furnicaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să furnic | să furnici | să furnice | să furnicăm | să furnicați | să furnice | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | furnică | furnicați | |||||
| negative | nu furnica | nu furnicați | |||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /furˈni.ka/
- Rhymes: -ika
- Hyphenation: fur‧ni‧ca
Noun
furnica f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of furnică (“ant”)
Further reading
- “furnica”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025