Plural inflection in Lombard tongue

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

1 Feminine
2 Masculine
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Feminine

In Lombard tongue, feminine plural is generally derived from Latin first declination 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> $\emptyset$

[edit] Masculine

On the contrary, masculine plural is generally derived from Latin second declination 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> $\emptyset$

[edit] See also

[edit] 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