Volumelor

Volumelor is a Romanian noun form that functions as the genitive/dative plural of volum, meaning a volume or a book. It is used to indicate a relationship with more than one volume, such as possession or an indirect object. For example, coperțile volumelor means “the covers of the volumes,” where volumelor expresses the plural genitive relation. In other contexts it can appear after prepositions requiring genitive or dative, or in noun–noun constructions describing multi‑volume works.

Etymology and forms: The base word volum comes from Latin volumen, via Old French volume, and entered Romanian with the sense of a book or part of a larger work. In modern Romanian, the plural forms include volumele for the definite plural (“the volumes”) and volumelor for the genitive/dative plural (“of the volumes” or “to/for the volumes”). The singular forms are volum (base) and volumul (the volume) with corresponding genitive/dative variations such as volumului.

Usage: Volumelor appears primarily in written and formal language, especially in bibliographic contexts, library catalog descriptions, and discussions of multi‑volume editions. It demonstrates how Romanian marks case for nouns when referring to relationships involving multiple volumes.

See also: volum, volumele, volume (as related terms and forms for singular and plural uses).