câmpurilor

Câmpurilor is a Romanian noun form used as the genitive and dative plural of câmp, a word that can mean field or meadow, and also a term for a physical or abstract field in scientific language. The form is used to express possession, association, or indirect object in constructions that require the genitive, or in phrases with a definite sense such as ale câmpurilor (“of the fields”). In contexts referring to physical or mathematical fields, câmpurilor appears in compounds like câmpurilor electromagnetice.

Etymology and inflection: câmp derives from Latin campus, with a long history in Romanian. The genitive/dative plural form câmpurilor is one of the standard inflected forms of the noun, reflecting Romanian’s case- and definiteness system. The nominative plural is câmpuri (“fields”), and the definite plural is câmpurile (“the fields”). The genitive/dative plural câmpurilor corresponds to “of the fields” or “to/for the fields,” depending on the governing preposition or verb.

Usage and scope: in everyday language, câmpurilor typically appears in formal, geographic, historical, or technical contexts where a genitive relation is expressed. It is common in phrases naming particular sets of fields or describing relations to fields, such as ownership or association. In scientific terminology, the same form governs phrases like câmpurilor electric sau câmpurilor magnetice (“electric fields” or “magnetic fields”) when used in a genitive or attributive sense.