zăcea

Inherited from Latin jacēre, iacēre (“lie prostrate”), from Proto-Italic *jakēō. The shift from the expected initial -j- in Romanian to -z- is due to dissimilation from the following consonant.

• IPA^(key): [zəˈtʃe̯a]

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a zăcea (third-person singular present zace, past participle zăcut, third-person subjunctive zacă) 2nd conjugation

1. (intransitive) to lie (to remain lying down)
2. (of abstracts such as emotions, character defects, etc.) to remain hidden

• zăcământ
• zăcere

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