Recipientile

Recipientile is a Romanian term that functions as a plural definite form of the noun recipient. The base noun recipient generally means a receiver or a container that holds something, and it can refer to both a person who receives something (a recipient of an award, for example) and a physical vessel or container.

In Romanian, nouns are inflected for number and definiteness, and several plural definite forms can appear depending on gender, noun class, and context. Recipientile is one such form that may appear in phrases where the speaker references a known, specific group of recipients or a set of containers. It is commonly encountered in formal or technical language, as well as in everyday speech when a definite plural sense is intended.

Usage notes and examples:

- Recipientile premiilor au fost anunțate. (The recipients of the prizes were announced.)

- Toate recipientile de laborator trebuie să fie sterilizate înainte de utilizare. (All the laboratory containers must be sterilized before use.)

Etymology and related forms:

- The noun recipient derives from Latin through Romance languages and has sustained use in Romanian with multiple senses. The plural definite forms can vary (for example, recipientii for masculine referents in some contexts, recipientele for feminine or certain determinate contexts), and recipientile appears in contexts where a definite plural form is appropriate.

See also:

- Recipient (general meaning in Romanian)

- Romanian definite plural forms

- Romanian nouns and inflection

Note: Romanian noun inflection can be context-dependent, so exact form choice (recipientii, recipientele, recipientile) may vary with dialect, register, and surrounding determiners.