Appendix:Romanian nouns/Masculine

See also Appendix:Romanian nouns/Feminine, and Appendix:Romanian nouns/Neuter

Masculine nouns are the easiest to decline in Romanian, as there is very little irregularity. All masculine nouns (even those with irregular plurals, such as om (oameni) end in -i.

Masculine nouns are generally not difficult to identify. The usually end in consonants, -u, -e or -i. Because neuter nouns can also end in all of these, they can sometimes take a bit of work to differentiate, however, masculine and neuter nouns generally end in different consonants.

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)

Neuter nouns ending in consonants will usually end in:

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

Consonant ending (basic)

declension of Romanian nouns/Masculine

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un pantof	pantof·ul	niște pantof·i	pantof·ii
genitive/dative	unui pantof	pantof·ului	unor pantof·i	pantof·ilor

Consonant ending (with consonant mutation)

declension of Romanian nouns/Masculine

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un bărbat	bărbat·ul	niște bărba·ţ·i	bărba·ţ·ii
genitive/dative	unui bărbat	bărbat·ului	unor bărba·ţ·i	bărba·ţ·ilor

Vowel ending (e)

declension of Romanian nouns/Masculine

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un frate	frate·le	niște fra·ţ·i	fra·ţ·ii
genitive/dative	unui frate	frate·lui	unor fra·ţ·i	fra·ţ·ilor

Vowel ending (i)

declension of Romanian nouns/Masculine

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un ochi	ochi·ul	niște ochi	ochi·i
genitive/dative	unui ochi	ochi·ului	unor ochi	ochi·lor

Vowel ending (u)

declension of Romanian nouns/Masculine

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un leu	leu·l	niște le·i	le·ii
genitive/dative	unui leu	leu·lui	unor le·i	le·ilor