pacienilor

Pacienilor is a Romanian noun form that derives from pacient, meaning patient. In standard Romanian, the plural nominative is pacienți and the genitive/dative plural is pacienților. The form pacienilor is not the normative genitive/dative plural in contemporary orthography; it may appear as a nonstandard spelling or typographical variant when diacritics are omitted or in older texts. In most formal writing, pacienților is preferred.

Etymology and background: the Romanian word pacienți/pacient has roots in Latin patiens and was transmitted through French and other Romance languages. The modern Romanian vocabulary adopted pacients as the term for a person receiving medical care, with the plural forms adapting to Romanian declension patterns.

Usage in language: pacienților appears primarily in phrases that require the genitive or dative plural, such as derective or possessive constructions. The most common, normative form in such contexts is pacienților, as in drepturile pacienților (the patients’ rights) or nevoile pacienților (the patients’ needs). The form pacienilor, when encountered, is typically considered a nonstandard variant or a result of orthographic simplification in texts that omit diacritics.

Related terms and concepts: pacient (singular), pacienți (nominative plural), pacienților (genitive/dative plural). In healthcare discourse, these words appear in discussions of patient care, rights, experiences, and health system policy.

See also: Pacient, Pacienți, Pacienților.