Sitului

Sitului is the genitive-dative singular form of the Romanian noun sit, which designates a place or location. In Romanian usage, sit can refer to a general location, a designated place, or a specific site such as an archaeological, historical, or tourist site. The form sitului appears in phrases that express possession or association, for example the map or description of a site.

Etymology and sense. The word sit traces back to Latin situs, meaning position or place, and entered Romanian through historical contact with Romance languages. In modern Romanian it also appears in the loanword site, used mainly for online contexts, while sit retains its traditional sense in geography, archaeology, and urban planning. The genitive sitului is a standard derivation rule for masculine nouns ending in a consonant, enabling expressions like “descrierea sitului” (the description of the site) or “harta sitului” (the map of the site).

Morphology and usage. Sit is masculine; the basic forms include sit, situl (definite singular), sitului (genitive/dative singular), situri (nominative plural), siturilor (genitive/dative plural). The genitive sitului is commonly used to attribute something to a specific site, especially in technical or academic writing. Examples: “Descoperirile sitului arheologic au atras interes.” “Harta sitului a fost publicată de muzeu.”

Context and related terms. Situri arheologice, situri istorice, and situri turistice are common compound phrases describing particular places. In contemporary language, sit also appears as a loanword in the sense of “site” for websites, though that usage is distinct from the traditional noun sit.