--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen <jer@...>
wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
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> > ************
> > Taking in consideration the declination of other Albanian names:
(g.)
> > grue, (t.) grua, pl. gratë 'women'; (g.) krue, (t.) krua, pl.
> > kroje 'wells', where -j- is euphonic sound; fyell, pl.
> > fyje 'flutes', I dare say that in cases of dorë, pl. (g.) duer,
(t.)
> > duar 'hands' and derë, pl. dyer, we have to deal not with dual
> > marker *-e, but with the cases of singularized plurals.
>
> Could you explain how that is meant? Why would 'hand' have *-e:-
and
> 'door' *-o:- in their plurals? What evidence do you have in mind?
>
> Jens
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I doubt that Alb. <dorë> and <derë> are indeed singularized plurals,
because they behave like other names in diphthong /ue/, /ye/,
monophthongized their diphtong to /o/ and /e/ (sing. <krue>, pl.
<kroje>, sing. <përrue>, pl. <përroje>, sing. <fyell>, pl. <fyje>)
use their loosed singulars duer, dyer ended in closed syllable,
unable to make new derivations, I guess that <dorë> and <derë> was
their real plural and they behave so in many compouand names or
construction with the meaning of plurals. Examples: Kam dorë të
mirë 'to be skillfull with one's hands'.
As far as I know, until now these irregular plurals didn't get any
good answer, so I just make an atemption to give some new ideas.
Regards,
Konushevci