limbilor

Limbilor is the genitive plural form of limbă, the Romanian noun meaning language or tongue. Limbă is a feminine noun of the first declension, and its inflection includes limbă (nominative singular), limbi (nominative plural), limbii (genitive/dative singular and, in some forms, the possessive sense), limbilor (genitive plural), and limbile (definite plural). The form limbilor is used to indicate possession or relation to multiple languages, as in phrases such as diversitatea limbilor lumii (“the diversity of the world’s languages”) or influența limbilor indigene (“the influence of indigenous languages”).

In Romanian grammar, limbilor appears most often after prepositions or in constructions requiring the genitive plural. It functions as a grammatical marker rather than as an independent lexical term. When contrasting with other forms, limbii marks singular possession or association (the language’s), while limbilor marks plural possession or association (the languages’).

Etymology traces limbă to Latin lingua through the Romance language developments that produced Romanian vocabulary for language and tongue. The word shows typical feminine inflection patterns of the first declension, with limbile serving as the definite plural form and limbii the genitive/dative singular form.

See also limbă, limbi, and Romanian grammar. Limbilor is a common element in scholarly and descriptive texts discussing multiple languages, language families, or linguistic features across languages.