-ul

Derived terms
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Usage notes

 * Variants:
 *  is added to back-vowel words. The final vowel is dropped.
 *  is added to front-vowel words. The final vowel is dropped.
 *  is added to front-vowel words. The final vowel is dropped.

Suffix

 * 1)   as, with the intention of

Usage notes

 * Variants:
 *  is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
 *  is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.

Etymology
Identical to -l (a contracted form of an older -lu). Due to the misunderstanding of modern speakers it 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.

Compare 🇨🇬.

Suffix

 * the
 * the

Usage notes
This form of the definite article is used for both masculine and neuter singular nouns in the nominative and accusative cases which do not end in a vowel, except for -i (which is somewhat uncommon in Romanian):


 * , from
 * , from
 * , from
 * , from
 * , from
 * , from
 * , from

The suffix is also used with masculine and neuter singular adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases to make the articulated definite form, often for emphasis, and it is used before the noun it modifies:


 * , from (both meaning "the smart man")
 * , from (both meaning "the brave soldier")

In informal speech, the final -l is often not pronounced.

Derived terms
See.