Oferului

Oferului is a Romanian inflected form that can be understood as the genitive or dative singular of a masculine noun referring to a person who makes an offer. The form is derived from the verb a oferi, “to offer,” but the corresponding noun referring to the offerer is not common in modern usage. In contemporary Romanian, the agent noun most often used to denote the person who makes an offer is ofertant (offeror). Therefore, the form oferului appears mainly in older texts, formal or legal registers, or stylistic contexts that aim for an archaic tone.

Because oferului is not widely used in everyday language, its appearance tends to be limited to specific syntactic constructions or historical documents where older grammatical patterns are preserved. In everyday writing and speech, speakers would typically choose more common expressions such as “persoana care face o ofertă” or substitute with a noun like ofertant, depending on the sense.

The term should not be confused with related concepts such as oferta (offer) or ofertă (offer as a notion). Its limited and context-dependent use means it is primarily of interest to students of Romanian grammar, philology, or those studying archaic or legal language forms.

See also: a oferi; ofertant; oferta.