-ist

ro-adj

-ist m or n (feminine singular -istă, masculine plural -iști, feminine and neuter plural -iste)

-istă (feminine singular)
-iști (masculine plural)
-iste (feminine neuter plural)
-ist (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-istă (feminine indefinite singular)
-iști (indefinite masculine singular)
-iste (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-istul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ista (definite feminine singular)
-iștii (definite masculine singular)
-istele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-iste (feminine indefinite singular)
-istului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-istei (definite feminine singular)
-iștilor (definite masculine singular)
-istelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

pian + -ist

anarhie + -ist

rasă + -ist


-an

-an m or n (feminine singular -ană, masculine plural -ani, feminine and neuter plural -ane)

-ană (feminine singular)
-ani (masculine plural)
-ane (feminine neuter plural)
-an (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-ană (feminine indefinite singular)
-ani (indefinite masculine singular)
-ane (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-anul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ana (definite feminine singular)
-anii (definite masculine singular)
-anele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ane (feminine indefinite singular)
-anului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-anei (definite feminine singular)
-anilor (definite masculine singular)
-anelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

gras (“fat”) + -an → grăsan (“fatso”)

Added to nouns and adjectives as an augmentative suffix.


-al

-al m or n (feminine singular -ală, masculine plural -ali, feminine and neuter plural -ale)

-ală (feminine singular)
-ali (masculine plural)
-ale (feminine neuter plural)
-al (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-ală (feminine indefinite singular)
-ali (indefinite masculine singular)
-ale (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-alul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ala (definite feminine singular)
-alii (definite masculine singular)
-alele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ale (feminine indefinite singular)
-alului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-alei (definite feminine singular)
-alilor (definite masculine singular)
-alelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from Latin -alis. Compare French -al, Italian -ale.

săptămână (“week”) + -al → săptămânal (“weekly”)

-al; of or pertaining to, forms adjectives from nouns.


-os

-os m or n (feminine singular -oasă, masculine plural -oși, feminine and neuter plural -oase)

-oasă (feminine singular)
-oși (masculine plural)
-oase (feminine neuter plural)
-os (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-oasă (feminine indefinite singular)
-oși (indefinite masculine singular)
-oase (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-osul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-oasa (definite feminine singular)
-oșii (definite masculine singular)
-oasele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-oase (feminine indefinite singular)
-osului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-oasei (definite feminine singular)
-oșilor (definite masculine singular)
-oaselor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Inherited from Latin -ōsus (“full (of)”).


-ez

ro-adj

-ez m or n (feminine singular -eză, masculine plural -ezi, feminine and neuter plural -eze)

-eză (feminine singular)
-ezi (masculine plural)
-eze (feminine neuter plural)
-ez (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-eză (feminine indefinite singular)
-ezi (indefinite masculine singular)
-eze (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-ezul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-eza (definite feminine singular)
-ezii (definite masculine singular)
-ezele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-eze (feminine indefinite singular)
-ezului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ezei (definite feminine singular)
-ezilor (definite masculine singular)
-ezelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from French -ais, Italian -ese, Greek -έζος (-ézos), from Latin -ensis.

-ish, -an

Forms nouns and adjectives of nationality:

englez, olandez, francez, etc.


-ic

-ic m or n (feminine singular -ică, masculine plural -ici, feminine and neuter plural -ice)

-ică (feminine singular)
-ici (masculine plural)
-ice (feminine neuter plural)
-ic (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-ică (feminine indefinite singular)
-ici (indefinite masculine singular)
-ice (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-icul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ica (definite feminine singular)
-icii (definite masculine singular)
-icele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ice (feminine indefinite singular)
-icului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-icei (definite feminine singular)
-icilor (definite masculine singular)
-icelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Forms adjectives with the meaning "of or pertaining to".


-tor

-tor m or n (feminine singular -toare, masculine plural -tori, feminine and neuter plural -toare)

-toare (feminine singular)
-tori (masculine plural)
-toare (feminine neuter plural)
-tor (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-toare (feminine indefinite singular)
-tori (indefinite masculine singular)
-toare (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-torul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-toarea (definite feminine singular)
-torii (definite masculine singular)
-toarele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-torului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-toarei (definite feminine singular)
-torilor (definite masculine singular)
-toarelor (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ător (alternative)

Inherited from Latin -tor (through a Vulgar Latin form *-torius, and feminine -toare from *-toria). With some neologisms based on French -teur. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

băutor

călător

făcător


-tor

uimitor

strălucitor

-ing (used to form adjectives from verbs)


-ul

Identical to -l (a contracted form of an older -lu, from a clipping of Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin ille), compare Aromanian -lu.
Due to the misunderstanding of modern speakers, *-ul* is assumed to be a separate suffix. In older Romanian (still dialectially attested and present in place names) masculine nouns end in -u for example: focu (now foc). A tendency to drop the pronunciation of final -u sounds lead to the modern pronunciation. Accordingly the old definite form for focu is foculu. Thus when subjected to final u dropping it results in the modern form focul. It is not that -ul is a suffix, but that the indefinite form is contracted, such that its not immediately obvious.

the (definite article)


-at

-at m or n (feminine singular -ată, masculine plural -ați, feminine and neuter plural -ate)

-ată (feminine singular)
-ați (masculine plural)
-ate (feminine neuter plural)
-at (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-ată (feminine indefinite singular)
-ați (indefinite masculine singular)
-ate (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-atul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ata (definite feminine singular)
-ații (definite masculine singular)
-atele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ate (feminine indefinite singular)
-atului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-atei (definite feminine singular)
-aților (definite masculine singular)
-atelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Inherited from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos.

arunca (“to throw”) + -at → aruncat (“thrown”)

cânta (“to sing”) + -at → cântat (“sung”)

Used with a stem to form the masculine singular past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs.


-lui

(definite article) the (masculine/neuter singular, genitive and dative)

-l

masculine/neuter singular nominative and accusative

-i

masculine/neuter plural nominative and accusative


-logic

-logic m or n (feminine singular -logică, masculine plural -logici, feminine and neuter plural -logice)

-logică (feminine singular)
-logici (masculine plural)
-logice (feminine neuter plural)
-logic (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-logică (feminine indefinite singular)
-logici (indefinite masculine singular)
-logice (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-logicul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-logica (definite feminine singular)
-logicii (definite masculine singular)
-logicele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-logice (feminine indefinite singular)
-logicului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-logicei (definite feminine singular)
-logicilor (definite masculine singular)
-logicelor (definite feminine neuter plural)


-ean

-ean m or n (feminine singular -eană or -eancă, masculine plural -eni, feminine and neuter plural -ene or -eance)

-eană (feminine singular)
-eancă (feminine singular)
-eni (masculine plural)
-ene (feminine neuter plural)
-eance (feminine neuter plural)
-ean (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-eană (feminine indefinite singular)
-eni (indefinite masculine singular)
-ene (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-eanul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-eana (definite feminine singular)
-enii (definite masculine singular)
-enele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ene (feminine indefinite singular)
-eanului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-enei (definite feminine singular)
-enilor (definite masculine singular)
-enelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ѣнинъ (-jěninŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ. Might also be conflated with Latin -iānus.

bor+

Ardeal (“Transylvania”) + -ean → ardelean (“Transylvanian”)

București (“Bucharest”) + -ean → bucureștean (“Bucharestian”)

Forms adjectives and nouns indicating origin or place of birth (such as from a certain city or region), or occasionally nationality.


-iv

ro-adj

-iv m or n (feminine singular -ivă, masculine plural -ivi, feminine and neuter plural -ive)

-ivă (feminine singular)
-ivi (masculine plural)
-ive (feminine neuter plural)
-iv (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-ivă (feminine indefinite singular)
-ivi (indefinite masculine singular)
-ive (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-ivul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-iva (definite feminine singular)
-ivii (definite masculine singular)
-ivele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ive (feminine indefinite singular)
-ivului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ivei (definite feminine singular)
-ivilor (definite masculine singular)
-ivelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from French -if, -ive, Latin -īvus. Compare the older inherited -iu.


-iu

-iu m or n (feminine singular -ie, plural -ii)

-ie (feminine singular)
-ii (plural)
-iu (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-ie (feminine indefinite singular)
-ii (indefinite masculine singular)
-ii (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-iul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ia (definite feminine singular)
-iii (definite masculine singular)
-iile (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ii (feminine indefinite singular)
-iului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-iei (definite feminine singular)
-iilor (definite masculine singular)
-iilor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Probably from Latin -īvus. Mostly found in older, popular words; compare the neological borrowing -iv.

Forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities, especially relating to color; roughly equivalent to -ive or sometimes -ish.


-uț

-uț m or n (feminine singular -uță, masculine plural -uți, feminine and neuter plural -uțe)

-uță (feminine singular)
-uți (masculine plural)
-uțe (feminine neuter plural)
-uț (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-uță (feminine indefinite singular)
-uți (indefinite masculine singular)
-uțe (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-uțul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-uța (definite feminine singular)
-uții (definite masculine singular)
-uțele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-uțe (feminine indefinite singular)
-uțului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-uței (definite feminine singular)
-uților (definite masculine singular)
-uțelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Probably from Latin -uceum or -ucium. Compare Aromanian -uts, Italian -uccio, Sicilian -uzzu.

mic (“small”) + -uț → micuț (“tiny”)

gras (“fat”) + -uț → grăsuț (“chubby”)

drag (“dear”) + -uț → drăguț (“cute, pretty, nice”)

pisică (“cat”) + -uț → pisicuță (“kitten”)

Forms masculine diminutives of nouns and adjectives.


-ui

-ui m or n (feminine singular -uie, plural -ui)

-uie (feminine singular)
-ui (plural)
-ui (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-uie (feminine indefinite singular)
-ui (indefinite masculine singular)
-ui (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-uiul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-uia (definite feminine singular)
-uii (definite masculine singular)
-uile (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ui (feminine indefinite singular)
-uiului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-uii (definite feminine singular)
-uilor (definite masculine singular)
-uilor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities, especially relating to color, and often with the meaning of -ish.


-eț

-eț m or n (feminine singular -eață, masculine plural -eți, feminine and neuter plural -ețe)

-eață (feminine singular)
-eți (masculine plural)
-ețe (feminine neuter plural)
-eț (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-eață (feminine indefinite singular)
-eți (indefinite masculine singular)
-ețe (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-ețul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-eața (definite feminine singular)
-eții (definite masculine singular)
-ețele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ețe (feminine indefinite singular)
-ețului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-eței (definite feminine singular)
-eților (definite masculine singular)
-ețelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Inherited from Latin -icius ~ -itius (cf. Romanian -eață < Latin -itia). Its occasional use to form nouns may have originated with adjectives that were later substantivized/nominalized over time.

used to form adjectives from nouns or verbs denoting propensity or likeness, being inclined toward, or having the quality of (e.g. orb > orbeț, pădure (“woods, forest”) > pădureț (“wild”), îndrăzni (“to dare, venture”) > îndrăzneț (“bold, daring, courageous”), lume (“world, people”) > lumeț (“social; liking people; cheerful, chirpy”)); may be roughly compared to -y or -ish in some cases; see also -ăreț, with a similar function


-ăreț

-ăreț m or n (feminine singular -ăreață, masculine plural -ăreți, feminine and neuter plural -ărețe)

-ăreață (feminine singular)
-ăreți (masculine plural)
-ărețe (feminine neuter plural)
-ăreț (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-ăreață (feminine indefinite singular)
-ăreți (indefinite masculine singular)
-ărețe (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-ărețul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ăreața (definite feminine singular)
-ăreții (definite masculine singular)
-ărețele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ărețe (feminine indefinite singular)
-ărețului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ăreței (definite feminine singular)
-ăreților (definite masculine singular)
-ărețelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Inherited from Late Latin -āricius. Once created only nouns in older Romanian, some of which became adjectives over time.

Forms nouns or adjectives indicating propensity or likeness, being inclined toward, or having the quality of; can be roughly comparable to English -y or -ish in some cases; see also -eț, with a similar function


-icios

-icios m or n (feminine singular -icioasă, masculine plural -icioși, feminine and neuter plural -icioase)

-icioasă (feminine singular)
-icioși (masculine plural)
-icioase (feminine neuter plural)
-icios (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-icioasă (feminine indefinite singular)
-icioși (indefinite masculine singular)
-icioase (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-iciosul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-icioasa (definite feminine singular)
-icioșii (definite masculine singular)
-icioasele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-icioase (feminine indefinite singular)
-iciosului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-icioasei (definite feminine singular)
-icioșilor (definite masculine singular)
-icioaselor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Inherited from Latin -itiōsus; cf. -ōsus.

Adjectival suffix roughly equivalent to -ous or -ish.


-șor

-șor m or n (feminine singular -șoară, masculine plural -șori, feminine and neuter plural -șoare)

-șoară (feminine singular)
-șori (masculine plural)
-șoare (feminine neuter plural)
-șor (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-șoară (feminine indefinite singular)
-șori (indefinite masculine singular)
-șoare (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-șorul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-șoara (definite feminine singular)
-șorii (definite masculine singular)
-șoarele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-șoare (feminine indefinite singular)
-șorului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-șoarei (definite feminine singular)
-șorilor (definite masculine singular)
-șoarelor (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ișor (alternative)

pui (“chick”) + -șor → puișor (“little chick”)


-atic

-atic m or n (feminine singular -atică, masculine plural -atici, feminine and neuter plural -atice)

-atică (feminine singular)
-atici (masculine plural)
-atice (feminine neuter plural)
-atic (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-atică (feminine indefinite singular)
-atici (indefinite masculine singular)
-atice (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-aticul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-atica (definite feminine singular)
-aticii (definite masculine singular)
-aticele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-atice (feminine indefinite singular)
-aticului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-aticei (definite feminine singular)
-aticilor (definite masculine singular)
-aticelor (definite feminine neuter plural)
-atec (alternative)

From the older form -atec, from Latin -āticus. No longer a productive suffix in Romanian. Compare Aromanian -atic.

iarnă (“winter”) + -atic → iernatic (“of the winter, hibernal”)

toamnă (“autumn”) + -atic → tomnatic (“of the autumn, autumnal”)

zână (“fairy”) + -atic → zănatic (“crazy”)

(unproductive) Used to form some adjectives (and sometimes nouns derived from them) meaning "of", "like", "characteristic of", etc.


-ător

-ător m or n (feminine singular -ătoare, masculine plural -ători, feminine and neuter plural -ătoare)

-ătoare (feminine singular)
-ători (masculine plural)
-ătoare (feminine neuter plural)
-ător (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-ătoare (feminine indefinite singular)
-ători (indefinite masculine singular)
-ătoare (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-ătorul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ătoarea (definite feminine singular)
-ătorii (definite masculine singular)
-ătoarele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ătorului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ătoarei (definite feminine singular)
-ătorilor (definite masculine singular)
-ătoarelor (definite feminine neuter plural)


-bil

-bil m or n (feminine singular -bilă, masculine plural -bili, feminine and neuter plural -bile)

-bilă (feminine singular)
-bili (masculine plural)
-bile (feminine neuter plural)
-bil (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-bilă (feminine indefinite singular)
-bili (indefinite masculine singular)
-bile (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-bilul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-bila (definite feminine singular)
-bilii (definite masculine singular)
-bilele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-bile (feminine indefinite singular)
-bilului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-bilei (definite feminine singular)
-bililor (definite masculine singular)
-bilelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from Latin -abilis, Italian -abile; cf. French -able.

gonfla + -bil → gonflabil

substitui + -bil → substituibil

bea + -bil → băubil

-able, -ible (forms adjectives with the meaning "able to be" from verbs)


-uri

-uri (accusative indefinite nominative)
-urile (accusative definite nominative)
-uri (indefinite)
-urilor (definite)
-urilor (vocative)

From older -ure, from the plurals in -ora of Latin neuter nouns ending in -us (such as tempus, tempora, ancestor of Romanian timp, timpuri). Because the final vowel of Latin -ora was identical in form with the feminine singular ending -a, neuter plural forms ending in -ora were interpreted as feminine; then by analogy with feminine plural forms, the final -a was replaced, first with -e (the feminine plural ending that developed from proto-Romance *-as > *-ai̯ > -e) later with -i (many feminine Romanian nouns such as roată have also replaced an original plural in -e with one in -i). Maiden 2016 suggests that, as an alternative to analyzing -uri as a unitary plural suffix, it is also possible to analyze these plurals as ending in a root extension -ur- followed by the plural ending -i.

Marks the plural of certain neuter (and more rarely feminine) nouns.


-ișor

-ișor m or n (feminine singular -ișoară, masculine plural -ișori, feminine and neuter plural -ișoare)

-ișoară (feminine singular)
-ișori (masculine plural)
-ișoare (feminine neuter plural)
-ișor (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
-ișoară (feminine indefinite singular)
-ișori (indefinite masculine singular)
-ișoare (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
-ișorul (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ișoara (definite feminine singular)
-ișorii (definite masculine singular)
-ișoarele (definite feminine neuter plural)
-ișoare (feminine indefinite singular)
-ișorului (definite masculine neuter singular)
-ișoarei (definite feminine singular)
-ișorilor (definite masculine singular)
-ișoarelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

lapte (“milk”) + -ișor → lăptișor (“bit of milk”)

somn (“sleep”) + -ișor → somnișor (“nap”)

poamă (“fruit”) + -ișor → pomișoară (“blueberry”)