Faulhaber's formula

The general lines of diachronics of Lombard and Piedmontese plural declension are drawn here:

Feminine

In the Lombard languages and in Piedmontese, feminine plural is generally derived from Latin first declension accusative -as; nouns from other classes first collapsed there; some concrete realisations are:

• -as>-a
• -as>-es>-e
• -as>-es>-ei>-i
• -as>-es>-ei>-i> -e
• -as>-es>-ei>-i> $\emptyset$

Masculine

On the contrary, masculine plural is generally derived from Latin second declension nominative -i; this desinence eventually drops or gives rise to palatalisation or metaphonesis; some concrete realisations are:

• -li>-lj>-gl>-j
• -ni>nj>-gn
• -ti>tj>-cc
• Metaphonesis (in regression) : orti>öört;
• Neutralisation: -i> $\emptyset$

See also

• Western Lombard
• Eastern Lombard
• Piedmontese
• Romance plurals

References

• G.Hull: the linguistic unity of Northern Italy and Rhaetia, PhD thesis, University of Sidney West (1982)
• E.Banfi, G.Bonfadini, P.Cordin, M.Iliescu: Italia Settentrionale: Crocevia di idiomi Romanzi, Atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Trent 21-23 Ottobre 1993 Niemayer, Tübingen, 1995

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