"-ul" meaning in Romanian

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rup",
        "2": "-lu"
      },
      "expansion": "Aromanian -lu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Identical to -l (a contracted form of an older -lu). Due to the misunderstanding of modern speakers it is assumed to be a seperate 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.\nCompare Aromanian -lu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "-ul m or n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-l"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian suffixes with multiple genders",
          "parents": [
            "Suffixes with multiple genders",
            "Suffixes by gender",
            "Suffixes",
            "Morphemes",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the (definite article)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "variant of -l"
      ],
      "id": "en--ul-ro-suffix-zgdo9iFI",
      "links": [
        [
          "-l",
          "-l#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-i"
        },
        {
          "word": "-l"
        },
        {
          "word": "-le"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ului"
        },
        {
          "word": "-a"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ua"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "for masculine and neuter nouns ending in a vowel other than -e",
          "word": "-l"
        },
        {
          "word": "-i"
        },
        {
          "english": "for masculine and neuter nouns ending in -e",
          "word": "-le"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ul/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u/",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ul"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rup",
        "2": "-lu"
      },
      "expansion": "Aromanian -lu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Identical to -l (a contracted form of an older -lu). Due to the misunderstanding of modern speakers it is assumed to be a seperate 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.\nCompare Aromanian -lu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "-ul m or n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "word": "-l"
    },
    {
      "word": "-le"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ului"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ua"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-l"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian masculine suffixes",
        "Romanian neuter suffixes",
        "Romanian suffixes",
        "Romanian suffixes with multiple genders",
        "Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the (definite article)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "variant of -l"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-l",
          "-l#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ul/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u/",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "for masculine and neuter nouns ending in a vowel other than -e",
      "word": "-l"
    },
    {
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "english": "for masculine and neuter nouns ending in -e",
      "word": "-le"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ul"
}