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. The plurals of 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
	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
vocative	—		—

Consonant ending (with consonant mutation)

Declension of Romanian nouns/Masculine

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bărbat	bărbat·ul	(niște) bărba·ț·i	bărba·ț·ii
genitive/dative	(unui) bărbat	bărbat·ului	(unor) bărba·ț·i	bărba·ț·ilor
vocative	—		—

Vowel ending (e)

Declension of Romanian nouns/Masculine

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) frate	frate·le	(niște) fra·ț·i	fra·ț·ii
genitive/dative	(unui) frate	frate·lui	(unor) fra·ț·i	fra·ț·ilor
vocative	—		—

Vowel ending (i)

Declension of Romanian nouns/Masculine

	singular		plural
	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
vocative	—		—

Vowel ending (u)

Declension of Romanian nouns/Masculine

	singular		plural
	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
vocative	—		—