persoanelor

Persoanelor is the genitive and dative plural form of the Romanian noun persoană, meaning person. In Romanian, nouns change form according to number and case, and persoană has several plural forms. The plural nominative/accusative is persoane, while the genitive and dative plural is persoanelor. The definite plural form for the nominative/accusative is persoanele, and the definite plural form for the genitive/dative is persoa‑ nelor in most contexts; in practice, persoa‑ nelor appears most often in phrases requiring the genitive or dative case.

Usage and function: pers oa nelor is used to indicate possession or indirect objects involving multiple individuals, or after prepositions that govern the genitive or dative. Examples include datele persoanelor (the data of the persons), drepturile persoanelor fizice (the rights of natural persons), and in legal or administrative language, phrases such as legi privind responsabilitatea persoanelor sau protecția datelor persoanelor.

Distinctions: persoane is the neutral plural form used when the noun is the subject or direct object without a governing preposition requiring genitive or dative. The form pers oanelor signals a different grammatical role, not a semantic difference in “person” but a change in how the noun links to other elements in the sentence.

Etymology and usage context: persoană derives from Latin persona, with a history that traces through Romance languages, including Romanian. In contemporary Romanian, pers oanelor is common in formal, legal, administrative, and statistical texts where precise grammatical relationships matter.