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fecioară-preoteasă

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10 syllables
18 characters
Romanian
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10syllables

fecioarăpreoteasă

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

fe-ci-o-a-ră-pre-o-te-a-să

Pronunciation

/fe.t͡ʃjo̯a.ɾə pre.o.te̯a.sə/

Stress

0000000100

Morphemes

preo- + fecio- + -ară/-asă

The word 'fecioară-preoteasă' is a compound noun divided into ten syllables: fe-ci-o-a-ră-pre-o-te-a-să. The primary stress falls on the 'te' syllable. It's formed from two roots with suffixes denoting feminine professions. Syllabification follows standard Romanian V-C and C-V rules.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    A compound noun referring to a female religious figure combining the roles of a nun and a priestess.

    nun-priestess, virgin-priestess

    “În legenda satului, fecioara-preoteasă era considerată o ființă sacră.”

    syn:călugăriță-preoteasă

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable, 'te' in 'preoteasă'.

Syllables

10
fe/fe/
ci/t͡ʃi/
o/o/
a/a/
ră/rə/
pre/pre/
o/o/
te/te/
a/a/
să/sə/

fe — Open syllable, initial syllable.. ci — Closed syllable, consonant cluster.. o — Open syllable, single vowel.. a — Open syllable, single vowel.. ră — Closed syllable, final syllable of 'fecioară'.. pre — Open syllable, initial syllable of 'preoteasă'.. o — Open syllable, single vowel.. te — Open syllable, stressed syllable.. a — Open syllable, single vowel.. să — Closed syllable, final syllable of 'preoteasă'.

Word Parts

pre

preo-

From Slavic *pěť* 'to care for', forming the root of 'priest'.

root

fecio-

From Latin *fecio*, related to *facere* 'to do, to make', originally meaning 'young woman, maiden'.

suf

-ară/-asă

Romanian suffixes forming feminine nouns denoting profession or state.

Similar Words

fe­ci­o­a­răpre­o­te­a­săpro­fe­so­a­ră

Vowel-Consonant (V-C)

Syllables are divided after a vowel followed by a consonant (e.g., 'fe', 'o', 'a').

Consonant-Vowel (C-V)

Syllables are divided before a vowel preceded by a consonant (e.g., 'ci', 'ră', 'pre').

  • The compound nature of the word requires careful consideration of the juncture between the two nouns.
  • The presence of the semivowel /j/ in 'fecioară' influences the syllabic division.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/6/2025

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