Plurarului

Plurarului is the genitive/dative singular form of the Romanian noun plural. It designates the plural as a grammatical category and is used in phrases where the noun is governed by possession, a preposition, or an indirect object. In Romanian grammar, plurarului appears when the word for “the plural” is put into genitive or dative, for example after words like de, a or lui, to indicate ownership or relation.

Etymology and morphology: The Romanian noun plural, meaning the set of things counted as more than one, comes from Latin pluralis. When inflected to the genitive/dative singular, pluralul becomes plurarului. This form contrasts with pluralul (the plural) in the nominative/accusative, and with plurarilor in other grammatical cases or numbers. The ending -ului signals the masculine singular genitive/dative in Romanian nouns of this type.

Usage: Plurarului is common in linguistic descriptions, grammar examples, and sentences that express relationships involving the plural. Examples include: "Sensul plurarului este discutat în manual," meaning “The sense of the plural is discussed in the manual,” and "o parte a plurarului," meaning “a part of the plural.” Its usage is generally limited to formal or educational contexts, rather than everyday speech.

See also: plural (linguistics), Romanian grammar, genitive case, dative case, noun inflection.