Pagubelor

Pagubelor is the genitive plural form of the Romanian noun pagubă, meaning damage, loss, or harm. In Romanian legal and insurance language, pagubă denotes financial loss resulting from an event, fault, or wrongdoing; its plural nominative form is pagube, while pagubelor functions as the genitive/dative plural form used when the noun is governed by another word.

The term appears primarily in formal texts, contracts, and claims. It is common in phrases such as compensația pentru pagubele produse (compensation for the damages caused) or despăgubirea pentru pagubele suferite (compensation for the damages suffered). Pagubelor can also appear in sentences like din pagubelor produse de un accident, where it denotes the damages associated with a particular incident.

Distinctions within usage: pagubele is the standard nominative/accusative plural form used as the subject or object of verbs and adjectives, while pagubelor is used when the noun is in a genitive or dative relationship (for example, after prepositions or verbs that require this case). The concept covers various scenarios, including property damage, financial losses, or personal injury, typically addressed through insurance settlements, liability claims, or court decisions.

Etymology and status: pagubă is a longstanding Romanian word, with the form pagubelor following regular patterns of feminine nouns ending in -ă. The exact historical origin is not always explicit in contemporary linguistic references, but the term is well established in modern Romanian.

See also: pagubă; pagube; despăgubire; despăgubiri; indemnizație.