articolului

Articolului is the genitive/dative singular form of the Romanian noun articol, meaning “the article.” The word can refer to different senses of article, such as a section of a text, a provision in a legal document, or a grammatical term used in linguistic discussion. In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the noun, giving forms like articolul for “the article.” The form articolului appears when the noun is inflected for the genitive or dative case, as in titlul articolului, meaning “the title of the article.”

Declension overview: singular nominative articolul; singular genitive/dative articolului; plural nominative articole; plural genitive/dative articolelor. In practice, articolului is used in phrases such as conținutul articolului 1 (the content of Article 1) or din articolul 5 din Constituție (from Article 5 of the Constitution). The definite form articolul is used when referring to a specific, well-defined article, while the bare noun articol appears in some generic or non-definitive contexts.

Usage notes: The term commonly appears in legal, governmental, and journalistic language, where references to specific provisions or articles are frequent. The genitive form articolului conveys relationships such as possession, association, or specification (for example, titlul articolului or explicațiile articolului). In legal texts, “articolul” plus a number (e.g., articolul 5) denotes a particular provision; the possessive or relational form articolului is used after other nouns or prepositions to express “of the article” or “to the article.”

Etymology: articol originates from Latin articulus and has parallels in many Romance languages. In Romanian, its inflected forms, including articolului, reflect standard masculine noun declension and the system of the definite article suffix.