"-uri" meaning in Romanian

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ure"
      },
      "expansion": "-ure",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ora"
      },
      "expansion": "-ora",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-us"
      },
      "expansion": "-us",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tempus"
      },
      "expansion": "tempus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tempora"
      },
      "expansion": "tempora",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "timp"
      },
      "expansion": "timp",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "timpuri"
      },
      "expansion": "timpuri",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ora"
      },
      "expansion": "-ora",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "roată"
      },
      "expansion": "roată",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște -uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-urile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor -uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-urilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-urilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "n-p",
        "g2": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "-uri n pl or f pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "-urilor",
        "gpi": "-uri",
        "gsd": "-uriului",
        "gsi": "-uri",
        "n": "pl",
        "npd": "-urile",
        "npi": "-uri",
        "nsd": "-uriul",
        "nsi": "-uri",
        "vp": "-urilor",
        "vs": "-uriule"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun-single"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian suffixes with multiple genders",
          "parents": [
            "Suffixes with multiple genders",
            "Suffixes by gender",
            "Suffixes",
            "Morphemes",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marks the plural of certain neuter (and more rarely feminine) nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--uri-ro-suffix-ICkS7ACQ",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/urʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-uri"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ure"
      },
      "expansion": "-ure",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ora"
      },
      "expansion": "-ora",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-us"
      },
      "expansion": "-us",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tempus"
      },
      "expansion": "tempus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tempora"
      },
      "expansion": "tempora",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "timp"
      },
      "expansion": "timp",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "timpuri"
      },
      "expansion": "timpuri",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ora"
      },
      "expansion": "-ora",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "roată"
      },
      "expansion": "roată",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște -uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-urile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor -uri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-urilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-urilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "n-p",
        "g2": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "-uri n pl or f pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "-urilor",
        "gpi": "-uri",
        "gsd": "-uriului",
        "gsi": "-uri",
        "n": "pl",
        "npd": "-urile",
        "npi": "-uri",
        "nsd": "-uriul",
        "nsi": "-uri",
        "vp": "-urilor",
        "vs": "-uriule"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun-single"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian feminine suffixes",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter suffixes",
        "Romanian pluralia tantum",
        "Romanian suffixes",
        "Romanian suffixes with multiple genders",
        "Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marks the plural of certain neuter (and more rarely feminine) nouns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/urʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-uri"
}