dumneavoastră

From domnia, from domn, from Latin dominus (“master”) + voastră, from Latin voster, vostra (“your”), thus initially meaning "your lordship". Compare similar constructions in Spanish usted (“you”) from vuestra merced (cf. also vuecencia), Portuguese você (“you”), Catalan vostè, etc.

• IPA^(key): [dum.ne̯aˈvo̯as.trə]

• Audio

  (file)

dumneavoastră

1. you (singular and plural, polite)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (abbreviated as dv., dvs., or d-voastră) is used in polite or formal speech in place of the plain pronouns tu and voi. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) always takes verbs in the second person plural forms, that is, the same forms as voi. For example, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and voi sunteți both mean "you are," but the former is polite and can take singular and plural meanings, whereas the second is informal and only used in the plural. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) has the same form in the genitive and dative cases as in the nominative and accusative.

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) is also the plural of dumneata, a semi-polite pronoun.

• dv. (abbreviated form)
• dvs. (abbreviated form)
• d-voastră (abbreviated form)