Appendix:Romanian nouns/Neuter

Neuter nouns function as if they were masculine in the singular, and feminine in the plural.

Take, for example, the noun "lucru" and the adjective "bun".
 * a good thing – un lucru bun (masculine singular adjective)
 * some good things – niște lucruri bune (feminine plural adjective)

Singular
Neuter nouns generally end in consonants, -u, -e or -i. Masculine can also end in all of these, so to differentiate, see the following.

Neuter nouns ending in consonants will usually end in:
 * m (-ism),
 * t (-ment, -mânt, -ut) or
 * j (-aj)

Masculine nouns ending in consonants will generally end in:
 * r (-or, -tor, -ar, -er)
 * c (-ic),
 * t (-ist),
 * n (-an, -ean, -ân) or
 * z (-ez)

Plurals
Neuter nouns are not as easy to form into plurals as masculine nouns. The only two endings whose plural forms are always the same are -iu and -e, although there are a few -iu nouns with the irregular plural ending -ie.

A few exceptions:
 * cap (head), plural capete
 * ou (egg), plural ouă
 * burghiu (drill), plural burghie
 * seminar (seminar), plural seminarii
 * sicriu (coffin), plural sicrie

Plural
Forming the definite article for neuter nouns in the plural is very simple, and identical to the rule for feminine nouns. Simply take the plural form of the noun and add -le

Singular
With the indefinite article in the singular, "un" simply changes to "unui". There is no change in the noun itself.

Plural
As with the singular, "niște" (some) changes to "unor". Again, the noun takes no change in form.

Plural
To form the genitive/dative plural of neuter nouns, simply add -lor to the plural form of the word.