"-l" meaning in Romanian

See -l in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /l/ Forms: n [canonical]
Etymology: Suffixed form of ăl (inherited from Latin illum) which originally followed the noun and became attached to it as an inflection, unlike the definite articles in the other major Romance languages, which go before the noun. Etymology templates: {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|ro|la|illum|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin illum, {{inh+|ro|la|illum|nocap=1}} inherited from Latin illum Head templates: {{head|ro|suffix}} -l
  1. (definite article) the (masculine/neuter singular, nominative and accusative) Tags: article, definite, masculine, morpheme Synonyms: -ul (english: for masculine and neuter nouns that do not end in a vowel other than -i), -le (english: for masculine and neuter nouns that end in -e) Related terms: -a [accusative, feminine, nominative, singular], -i (alt: masculine/neuter plural nominative and accusative), -le [accusative, feminine, nominative, plural], -lui [dative, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], -ei [dative, feminine, genitive, singular], -lor [dative, genitive, plural], ăla, al

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "illum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin illum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "illum",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "inherited from Latin illum",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Suffixed form of ăl (inherited from Latin illum) which originally followed the noun and became attached to it as an inflection, unlike the definite articles in the other major Romance languages, which go before the noun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "n",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-l",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the (masculine/neuter singular, nominative and accusative)"
      ],
      "id": "en--l-ro-suffix-~uJDA~h9",
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "nominative",
          "nominative"
        ],
        [
          "accusative",
          "accusative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(definite article) the (masculine/neuter singular, nominative and accusative)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "accusative",
            "feminine",
            "nominative",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "-a"
        },
        {
          "alt": "masculine/neuter plural nominative and accusative",
          "word": "-i"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "accusative",
            "feminine",
            "nominative",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "-le"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dative",
            "genitive",
            "masculine",
            "neuter",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "-lui"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dative",
            "feminine",
            "genitive",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "-ei"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dative",
            "genitive",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "-lor"
        },
        {
          "word": "ăla"
        },
        {
          "word": "al"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "for masculine and neuter nouns that do not end in a vowel other than -i",
          "word": "-ul"
        },
        {
          "english": "for masculine and neuter nouns that end in -e",
          "word": "-le"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-l"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "illum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin illum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "illum",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "inherited from Latin illum",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Suffixed form of ăl (inherited from Latin illum) which originally followed the noun and became attached to it as an inflection, unlike the definite articles in the other major Romance languages, which go before the noun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "n",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-l",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "alt": "masculine/neuter plural nominative and accusative",
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "-le"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "-lui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "-ei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "-lor"
    },
    {
      "word": "ăla"
    },
    {
      "word": "al"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian suffixes",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
        "Romanian terms inherited from Latin",
        "Romanian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the (masculine/neuter singular, nominative and accusative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "nominative",
          "nominative"
        ],
        [
          "accusative",
          "accusative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(definite article) the (masculine/neuter singular, nominative and accusative)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "for masculine and neuter nouns that do not end in a vowel other than -i",
      "word": "-ul"
    },
    {
      "english": "for masculine and neuter nouns that end in -e",
      "word": "-le"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-l"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -l meaning in Romanian (2.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'n' in '-l m/n'",
  "path": [
    "-l"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-l",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Romanian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (05fdf6b and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.