Puellarum

Puellarum is the genitive plural form of the Latin noun puella, which means "girl." Puella is a first-declension feminine noun, and its genitive plural ending is -ārum, written in transliteration as puellarum. The form puellarum is used to express possession or relation, roughly translating as "of the girls" or "the girls’."

Morphology and usage

In Latin, puella declines as a typical 1st-declension noun. The plural forms include nom. puellae, gen. puellārum, dat. puellīs, acc. puellās, and abl. puellīs; the genitive plural puellarum specifically marks possession or a partitive sense when paired with another noun or noun phrase. The phrase vita puellarum, for example, means "the life of the girls." Puellarum functions as a possessive or descriptive element within a larger clause or noun phrase.

Context and occurrence

Puellarum appears in classical Latin texts, inscriptions, and medieval Latin as part of standard grammatical structure. It is encountered in phrases describing people connected to girls, groups of girls, or attributes belonging to girls. Like other genitive plurals in Latin, its usage is governed by the syntax of possession, association, or measurement within a sentence.

See also

Puella, first declension nouns, Latin grammar, genitive case.

Notes

Puellarum is a neutral, descriptive form and does not function as a standalone word beyond its grammatical role as the genitive plural of puella.