Autorov

Autorov is the non-diacritic Latin-script form of the genitive plural of the noun autor (author) in several Slavic languages. The corresponding Cyrillic form is авторов, transliterated as avtorov. In Polish the genitive plural is autorów, while in Czech and Slovak it is autorů. The basic meaning is "of authors" or "authors’," with usage varying by language and grammatical function.

In linguistic and bibliographic contexts, autorov appears in phrases that indicate authorship or attribution in the genitive case. For example, it can occur in titles, descriptions, or metadata where the relationship to authors is expressed as “of authors” or “authors’ works.” When diacritics are omitted in international or computer-readable text, autorov is a common ASCII rendering.

Morphology and etymology: the root is autor, borrowed from the Latin auctor through the broader international vocabulary for the concept of a person who creates or originates a work. The genitive plural endings (-ov in Russian transliteration, -ów in Polish, -ů in Czech/Slovak) reflect typical Slavic inflection patterns for masculine nouns in this case.

Variants and orthography: orthographic forms vary by language, with diacritics used in proper local spellings (autorów, autorů) and the plain form autorov appearing in non-diacritic or simplified texts. In Russian, the corresponding form is автоpов (avtorov), representing the same grammatical function in Cyrillic.

See also: author, avtor, autor.