Appendix:Romanian nouns/Neuter

See also: Appendix:Romanian nouns/Feminine and Appendix:Romanian nouns/Masculine

Neuter nouns function as if they were masculine in the singular, and feminine in the plural.

Take, for example, the noun "lucru" and the adjective "bun".

• a good thing – un lucru bun (masculine singular adjective)
• some good things – niște lucruri bune (feminine plural adjective)

Nominative/Accusative case

Indefinite/Base forms

Singular

Neuter nouns generally end in consonants, -u, -e or -i. Masculine can also end in all of these, so to differentiate, see the following.

Neuter nouns ending in consonants will usually end in:

• m (-ism),
• t (-ment, -mânt, -ut) or
• j (-aj)

Masculine nouns ending in consonants will generally end in:

• r (-or, -tor, -ar, -er)
• c (-ic),
• t (-ist),
• n (-an, -ean, -ân) or
• z (-ez)

Plurals

Neuter nouns are not as easy to form into plurals as masculine nouns. The only two endings whose plural forms are always the same are -iu and -e, although there are a few -iu nouns with the irregular plural ending -ie.

singular	plural
-consonant + -uri
un loc_	două locuri
un pat_	două paturi
-consonant + -e
un apartament_	două apartamente
un spirit_	două spirite
-u + -ri
un lucru_	două lucruri
un birou_	două birouri
-u changes to -e
un muzeu	două muzee
un teatru	două teatre
-iu changes to -ii
un fotoliu	două fotolii
un mileniu	două milenii
-i + -e
un tramvai_	două tramvaie
-i + -uri
un taxi_	două taxiuri
-e has no change
un nume	două nume
un spate	două spate

A few exceptions:

• cap (head), plural capete
• ou (egg), plural ouă
• burghiu (drill), plural burghie
• seminar (seminar), plural seminarii
• sicriu (coffin), plural sicrie

With the definite article

Singular

singular indefinite	singular definite
If the noun ends in a consonant or i, add -ul
dicționar_	dicționarul
tramvai_	tramvaiul
If the noun ends in a u, add -l
lucru_	lucrul
teatru_	teatrul
If the noun ends in e, add -le
nume_	numele
spate_	spatele

Plural

Forming the definite article for neuter nouns in the plural is very simple, and identical to the rule for feminine nouns. Simply take the plural form of the noun and add -le

indefinite plural	definite plural
lucruri_	lucrurile
paturi_	paturile
teatre_	teatrele
nume_	numele

Genitive/Dative case

With the indefinite article

Singular

With the indefinite article in the singular, "un" simply changes to "unui". There is no change in the noun itself.

indefinite nom/acc singular	indefinite gen/dat singular
un lucru	unui lucru

Plural

As with the singular, "niște" (some) changes to "unor". Again, the noun takes no change in form.

indefinite nom/acc plural	indefinite gen/dat plural
niște lucruri	unor lucruri

With the definite article

Singular

definite nom/acc singular	definite gen/dat singular
For most nouns, you simply add ui to the definite nom/acc singular
lucrul_	lucrului
dicționarul_	dicționarului
If the noun ends in e, the e is replaced by ui
numele_	numelui

Plural

To form the genitive/dative plural of neuter nouns, simply add -lor to the plural form of the word.

definite nom/acc plural	definite gen/dat plural
lucruri_	lucrurilor
numele_	numelor

Examples

lucru - thing

singular			plural
gender n	indefinite article	definite article	indefinite article	definite article
Nom/Acc	un lucru	lucrul	niște lucruri	lucrurile
Gen/Dat	unui lucru	lucrului	unor lucruri	lucrurilor

nume - name

singular			plural
gender n	indefinite article	definite article	indefinite article	definite article
Nom/Acc	un nume	numele	niște nume	numele
Gen/Dat	unui nume	numelui	unor nume	numelor

substantiv - noun

singular			plural
gender n	indefinite article	definite article	indefinite article	definite article
Nom/Acc	un substantiv	substantivul	niște substantive	substantivele
Gen/Dat	unui substantiv	substantivului	unor substantive	substantivelor