Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

Hi!

Philip Newton writes:
> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Lars Mathiesen <thorinn@...> wrote:
>> And by the way, vira /"vi:RA/ is the normal plural for (species of) virus in
>> Danish medical usage. _Pace_ Ray it's not pretentious, just conservative, as
>> the plural is now virusser in other contexts.
>
> FWIW, the German plural is "Viren", with the standard plural ending
> -en for many foreign words. (I wonder where it comes from; it surfaces
> also e.g. in Greek words such as "Museen" or "Analysen" and in Latin
> ones such as "Familien" and "-(i)täten".)
What exactly are you wondering about?  Looks like the normal -(e)n
plural, only the foreign nominative singular ending (if any) is
removed before applying it.

**Henrik

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