Appendix:Romanian nouns/Feminine

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

Feminine nouns are relatively complex in the Romanian language.

Nominative/Accusative case

Indefinite/Base forms

Singular

Feminine nouns are generally easy to spot. They almost always end in vowels.

Plurals

Like neuter nouns, feminine nouns are not always as easy to form into plurals as masculine nouns.

singular	plural
-ă changes to -e
o studentă	două studente
o casă	două case
-ă changes to -i
o mașină	două mașini
o seară	două seri
-ă changes to -uri
o marfă	două mărfuri
o blană	două blănuri
-e changes to -i*
o lume	două lumi
o noapte	două nopți
-vowel+ie changes to -vowel+i
o cheie	două chei
o foaie	două foi
-consonant+ie changes to -consonant+ii
o bucătărie	două bucătării
-a + -le
o sofa_	două sofale
-ea changes to -ele
o stea	două stele
o cafea	două cafele
-ia changes to -iele
o mia	două miele
-i does not change
o marți	două marți

* For feminine nouns designating people that end in -toare, there is no change to form the plural. o scriitoare - două scriitoare.

A few exceptions:

• soră (sister), plural surori
• noră (daughter-in-law), plural nurori
• zi (day), plural zile
• mână (hand), plural mâini

With the definite article

Singular

singular indefinite	singular definite
-ă changes to -a
studentă	studenta
mașină	mașina
-e + -a
lege_	legea
mare_	marea
-ie changes to -ia
femeie	femeia
cheie	cheia
-a, -ea, -i + -ua
pijama_	pijamaua
cafea_	cafeaua
zi_	ziua

Plural

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

indefinite plural	definite plural
femei_	femeile
zile_	zilele
chei_	cheile
mame_	mamele

Genitive/Dative case

With the indefinite article

Singular

With the indefinite article in the singular, "o" changes to "unei," and the plural form of the noun is used.

indefinite nom/acc singular	indefinite gen/dat singular
o femeie	unei femei
o zi	unei zile
o memorie	unei memorii

Plural

"Niște" (some) changes to "unor". The noun is still plural in form.

indefinite nom/acc plural	indefinite gen/dat plural
niște memorii	unor memorii
niște femei	unor femei

With the definite article

Singular

indefinite nom/acc plural	definite gen/dat singular
For most nouns, you simply add i to the indefinite nom/acc plural
legi_	legii
stele_	stelei
femei_	femeii
If the plural form of the noun ends in ii, the final i is replaced by ei. Basically, i is being added to the indefinite singular nom/acc form.
memorii	memoriei
organizație_	organizației

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
femei_	femeilor
stele_	stelelor
organizații_	organizațiilor
legi_	legilor

Examples

prietenă - friend

singular			plural
gender f	indefinite article	definite article	indefinite article	definite article
Nom/Acc	o prietenă	prietena	niște prietene	prietenele
Gen/Dat	unei prietene	prietenei	unor prietene	prietenelor

stea - star

singular			plural
gender f	indefinite article	definite article	indefinite article	definite article
Nom/Acc	o stea	steaua	niște stele	stelele
Gen/Dat	unei stele	stelei	unor stele	stelelor

memorie - memory

singular			plural
gender f	indefinite article	definite article	indefinite article	definite article
Nom/Acc	o memorie	memoria	niște memorii	memoriile
Gen/Dat	unei memorii	memoriei	unor memorii	memoriilor