Stjärnors

Stjärnors is a Swedish genitive plural form derived from the noun stjärnor, meaning stars. It is used to indicate possession or attribution by more than one star and appears in both literary and scientific Swedish.

Formation and usage: The genitive plural is formed by adding the suffix -s to the plural form stjärnor, yielding stjärnors. When the stars are definite, the possessive form commonly appears as stjärnornas, as in stjärnornas ljus (the light of the stars). The form stjärnors can function in indefinite contexts or in poetic or descriptive language to denote ownership or attribution by stars.

Examples: Stjärnors ljus lyste över natten. Forskningen följde stjärnors banor i galaxen. In contexts where the stars are being treated as a definite group, you would more often see stjärnornas ljus or stjärnornas rörelser.

Relationship to other forms: Stjärnors is part of a broader Swedish pattern for genitive formation, where possession is shown by attaching -s to the plural noun or, for definite possessives, by using the definite possessive form (stjärnornas). The choice between stjärs or stjärnors and stjärnornas depends on definiteness and stylistic preference. In everyday prose, the use of the genitive suffix is common, while very formal or technical writing may prefer alternative constructions.

See also: Genitive in Swedish, possessive constructions, stjärna and stjärnor.