[tied] ziw&, (d)zIw& [Re: the fascination of illV]

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 13:11:19 +0100, g <george-st@...> wrote:
>
> >Otherwise, <zi> and <ziuã> share common sing. art. and
> >plural forms: (1) <ziua> & (2) <zile> + plur. art. <-le> (or,
> >regional ones, <(d)zîua> & <(d)zîle>+<-le>).
>
> So the plural "days" is always zile (zîle, dzîle), "the days" zilele
> (etc.)?
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

Yes. The fem. nouns which ends in /-ua/ and /-a/ allways make the
plural with "-le", at least in literary language.

Alex