Caracterului

Caracterului is the genitive/dative singular form of the Romanian noun caracter, which means character in the sense of personality or a printed/typographic symbol. The word caracter has a broad use in Romanian, including references to a person’s traits, moral character, or to a character in a text or a symbol in writing. The form caracterului appears when the noun is used in a dependent position, indicating possession or an indirect object, or after prepositions that require the genitive/dative case.

Etymology and related forms: Caracter originates from Latin character, through French caractère. In Romanian, it follows a declension pattern for masculine nouns ending in -er. The definite singular is caracterul, and the genitive/dative singular is caracterului. The plural forms are caractere (nominative/accusative, indefinite) and, in the definite plural, caracterele, with the genitive/dative plural becoming caracterelor.

Usage notes: Caracterul este used in phrases like calitatea caracterului său (the quality of his character) where caracterului functions as genitive singular. It can also appear after prepositions that govern the genitive or dative, for example în raport cu caracterului persoanei sau despre caracterului său. In non-definite contexts, the base form caracter is used (e.g., un caracter nou).

Summary:Caracterului serves as a grammatical form essential for expressing possession or indirect objects related to the noun caracter. Its correct use depends on standard Romanian declension rules for masculine nouns ending in -er, with distinct forms for singular and plural, definite and indefinite contexts.