dosarului

Dosarului is the genitive/dative singular form of the Romanian noun dosar, which means file, dossier, or folder. The base noun dosar is masculine. In Romanian, the noun has the forms dosar (indefinite singular), dosarul (definite singular, “the file”), dosare (indefinite plural, “files”), and dosarele (definite plural, “the files”). The form dosarului is used after verbs and prepositions that require the genitive or dative case, and in possessive constructions to indicate “of the file” or “to/for the file.”

Usage notes: Romanian marks definiteness with suffixes; hence dosarul means “the file.” Dosarului appears in contexts such as conținutul dosarului (the contents of the file) or titlul dosarului (the file’s title). In plural, dosarele means “the files,” while dosarelor expresses “of the files.” The genitive/dative form is common in legal, administrative, and documentary language, as well as in everyday references to physical or digital folders.

Examples:

- Conținutul dosarului este confidențial. (The contents of the file are confidential.)

- Titlul dosarului este incert. (The file’s title is uncertain.)

- Am consultat dosarelegale referitoare la cazul respectiv. (I consulted the legal files related to the case.)

Etymology: dosar is a native Romanian word with forms reflecting standard Romanian noun declension. The exact origin of the term is debated, with probable borrowings from neighboring languages (such as Turkish or Hungarian) that have similar words for file or dossier. In modern Romanian, dosar and its inflected forms, including dosarului, are firmly established in administrative and legal vocabulary.