Plural inflection in Western Lombard
- Plural inflection in Western Lombard
The general lines of diachronics of Western Lombard plural declension are drawn here, with referenceto Milanese orthography:
Feminine
The bulk of feminine words ends with desinence "-a"; plural feminine is adesinential. The last vowel founds its original length (in non-final syllable you can't ear the difference) that's often long when followed by a voiced consonant, short when followed by a voiceless consonant. When the stem ends with a difficult group of consonants you can see an addiction of a final "-i" or of a schwa between consonants (for example: in Milanese sing. "scendra", plur. "scendr">"scender"). So in adjectives, plural form and masculine form are often the same.
Masculine
The bulk of masculine words ends without desinences; plural masculine is adesinential. When the stem ends with a difficult group of consonants you can see, in singular and plural, an addiction of a schwa between consonants. When the addiction of schwa appears unnatural, they add a final "-o" (pron. /u/), that in the plural is "-i".
The masculine words ending in "-in", and some ending in "-ett", have plural in "itt". The masculine words ending in "-ll" have plural in "-j" (derived from addiction of "-i" and fall of "-ll-"; you can see the same phaenomenon in the origin of determinate article: sing. "ell">"el", plur. "elli">"ej">"i").
Some masculin words ending in "-a" can be unvarying (they often are words from ancient Greek or idiomatic words to define a person; e. g. "pirla" = a stupid).
See also
*Western Lombard
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