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

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 13:15
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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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>