Gurile

Gurile is the definite plural form of the Romanian noun gură, which means “mouth.” The base noun gură is feminine; its non-definite plural is guri, while the definite plural is gurile, meaning “the mouths.” In non-diacritic Romanian texts, the forms appear as gurile or guri depending on context, but gurile is the standard definite plural.

Morphology and usage: gură is feminine, singular; guri is the non-definite plural; gurile is the definite plural. The form gurile is used when the noun is specified or assumed to refer to a particular set of mouths, for example in phrases like “gurile copiilor” (the mouths of the children). Like most Romanian nouns, gură/guri/gurile inflect to reflect number, and the definite plural is created by attaching the definite article to the plural stem.

Semantic notes: commonly refers to the physical mouth in humans or animals. In figurative or idiomatic language, references to “mouths” can appear in expressions about speech, appetite, or opening one’s mouth to speak. The term is everyday vocabulary and appears across standard Romanian prose and speech.

See also: Romanian grammar, Romanian nouns, gender and number in Romanian nouns.