A masculine noun
designates a word referring to a male person, male animal, male bird,
professions of male persons and nationalities regarding a male
person.
Certain objects are also
masculine: pantalon – pantaloni
(trousers), pantof – pantofi
(shoes), some fruits: strugure –struguri (grapes), pepene
– pepeni (melon), and some
vegetables: castravete –castraveți (cucumber), ardei
– ardei (pepper), morcov
– morcovi (carrot).
The plural ending for a
masculine noun is always "i".
This letter is added at the end of a noun, but in most cases vowel or
consonant mutations in the root also occur .
Examples
consonant, -i
prieten,prieteni (engl. friend)
băiat,băieți (engl. boy)
-u-i
fiu,fii (engl. son)
leu,lei (engl. lion)
-e-i
frate,frați (engl. brother)
câine,câini (engl. dog)
-i-i
ochi,ochi (engl. eye)
pui,pui (engl. chicken)
Exceptions
tată,tați (engl. father)
popă,popi (engl. priest)
cal,cai (engl. horse)
copil,copii (engl. child)
Remarks
The plural ending in the
masculine is always "i"
and it is attached at the end of the noun.
There are no rules for
vowel or consonant mutations: băiat
(singular) – băieți (plural),frate (singular) – frați
(plural).
In the singular, the
masculine nouns have different endings: consonant (prieten),
-u
(fiu), -e
(câine), -i
(ochi), -ă
(tată).
Certain masculine words
have identical singular and plural forms ("ochi,ochi" or "pui,pui").
masculine nouns plural
