Masculine nouns of plural forms in -a
A few masculine nouns in -o, inherited from the Latin neuter class, form the plural in -a
and are used with the feminine article, le, and feminine adjectives. It is said that these nouns change their gender
in plural. There is a brief list below:
| Singular | Plural | |
| centinàio (il) hundred | centinàia (le) | |
| migliàio (il) thousand | migliàia (le) | |
| mìglio (il) mile | mìglia (le) | |
| pàio (il) pair, couple | pàia (le) | |
| riso (il) laugh | risa (le) | |
| stàio (lo) bushel | stàia (le) | |
| tomàio (il) a part of the shoe | tomàia (le) | |
| uòvo (l') egg | uòva (le) |
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