Re: [tied] anomaly

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
:

>>
>> pantoful mamei mele
>> pantoful mamei tale
>> pantoful mamei sale
>>
>> That is strange. There is "mele, tãle, sale" the possessive plural
>> instead of the expected sg. "mea, ta, sa".
>> Should be this explained how? Etymologically?
>
> It's not a plural. It's an oblique. And this phenomenon is not
> confined to possessive pronouns but to practically all nouns,
> pronouns, adjectives and determiners: the oblique form of feminines
> is equal to the plural form. E.g. Marea Neagrã, oblique Mãrii Negre
> "of the Black Sea" (where mãri- and negre are just like the plural
> forms).
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...
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Thank you for your opinion Miguel. I assume you have nothing against if
I make later some comments on this example "of Black Sea (Mãrii negre)"
but first, it seems to me I need to understand very generally what meant
initially "oblique" (its way to be used, the necessity of having an
oblique aspect) and where was it used. If you will be so kind to make
the difference between the oblique in PIE and oblique in Latin that
would be very appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

Alex