Re: Etymology of Ossetic "Nart"? (the suffix?)

On 2008-05-23 17:32, Brian M. Scott wrote:

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> At 4:17:59 AM on Friday, May 23, 2008, Piotr Gasiorowski
> wrote:
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> > and what's the singular of <folks>?
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> 'Guy': 'Those folks just don't know how to have fun', 'That
> guy just doesn't know how to have fun'. Note that the
> plural forms are to some degree interchangeable. To a noisy
> classroom (mixed sexes): 'All right folks/guys, settle down
> now.'

Just as I said, a suppletive relationship (incidentally, <persons> and
<people> are also to some degree interchangeable, though today <persons>
is mostly a legalese plural: "murder by person or persons unknown", etc.).

Piotr