Re: Romance Neuter Nouns

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

> But in fact ouã does not have a plural in -ã, historically.
> In Romanian the old neuter pl. ending -a has been
> analogically changed to -e (after the feminine -a, pl. -e,
> something which is abundantly attested already in Vulgar
> Latin)

Which is abundantly attested? Feminine plurals in -e or former
neuter plurals now in -e instead of -a?

Richard.
, so most old neuters that do not have -uri (< -ure)

> make their plural in -e (lemn, bratz, corn, os, mãr, etc.).
> The same goes for ouã < oue, which goes like nove(m) > nouã,
> with the regular development -we > -wa.
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