scrisorilor

Scrisorilor is the genitive and dative plural form of the Romanian noun scrisoare, meaning a letter or epistle. It is a grammatical case form rather than a standalone lexical item, used to show possession or to mark the indirect object in sentences. In Romanian, scrisoare has several plural forms: the indefinite plural is scrisori, the definite plural is scrisorile, and the genitive/dative plural is scrisorilor. For example, conținutul scrisorilor means “the contents of the letters.”

Usage and function: Scrisorilor appears in phrases where a possessive or indirect relationship to “the letters” is expressed. It typically follows determiners or prepositions that require the genitive or dative case. Example: Conținutul scrisorilor a fost păstrat în arhivă, meaning that the contents of the letters were kept in the archive. Because it is a case form, scrisorilor does not stand alone as a distinct word with a separate meaning; its use is dictated by the syntactic role of the noun scrisoare in the sentence.

Etymology and context: The noun scrisoare is a native Romanian term for a written message. The form scrisorilor reflects standard Romanian noun inflection for plural genitive/dative and is commonly found in formal, legal, or literary contexts where possession, origin, or association with letters is discussed. In everyday speech, speakers more often use the definite plural scrisorile or the indefinite plural scrisori depending on the sentence structure.

See also: scrisoare, scrisori, scrisorile. The term highlights how Romanian relies on case endings to convey relatedness and function within a sentence, rather than relying solely on word order.