Canalelor

Canalelor is a Romanian word that functions as a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. It is the genitive and dative plural of the masculine noun canal, meaning it expresses possession or a recipient relationship in plural. In English terms, it corresponds to “of the canals” or “to the canals.”

Etymology and form: The base noun canal comes from Latin canalis and was adopted into Romanian with the standard masculine gender. The plural nominative for canale is used for “the canals,” while canalelor is the genitive/dative plural form used after prepositions or verbs that require possession or indirect object marking.

Grammatical use: Canalelor appears in constructions that require the genitive or dative case in plural. For possession, it can appear in phrases like apa canalelor, literally “the water of the canals,” where canalelor marks the relationship between water and multiple canals. It can also appear in contexts involving indirect objects or beneficiaries when a plural noun is affected.

Usage notes: Canalelor is relatively common in formal, technical, or literary texts dealing with geographic or infrastructural topics such as water management, hydrology, or canal systems. In everyday speech, speakers may prefer simpler constructions or rephrase to avoid the genitive/dative plural, depending on the sentence structure.

See also: Romanian grammar; noun declensions; canal (Romanian).