profesorilor

Profesorilor is the genitive/dative plural form of the Romanian noun profesor, which means professor or teacher. In Romanian grammar, this form is used to indicate possession or the indirect object, and it appears in phrases such as cartea profesorilor (the professors’ book) or am discutat cu profesorilor despre proiect (I spoke with the professors about the project). The form signals that the noun refers to multiple professors in a possessive or dative sense.

Morphology and related forms

- Singular: profesor (nominative), profesorul (definite singular)

- Genitive/Dative singular: profesorului

- Plural: profesori (nominative), profesorii (definite plural)

- Genitive/Dative plural: profesorilor

The ending -ilor in profesorilor is characteristic of masculine nouns ending in -or in Romanian and marks the genitive/dative plural. The word’s definite plural form, profesorii, is used when the noun is specific and known to the reader or listener.

Etymology and usage

Professor derives from Latin professor meaning “a person who teaches or declares.” In Romanian, the word entered the language through historical contact with Latin and Romance languages and has since become standard in education-related vocabulary. Profesorilor, as a grammatical form, is essential for expressing possession or indirect objects in sentences involving multiple teachers.

See also items in the broader context of Romanian noun declensions and examples of genitive/dative constructions with other -or nouns, such as doctorilor or profesorii, to illustrate pattern variations.