Noun
(Nome)
Gender
of the nouns (Gènere dei Nomi)
The nouns in Venetan are either
of masculine or of feminine gender.
Generally, the masculine is marked
by the ending -o or consonant
in singular, and the feminine by -a,
cf.:
| Masculine |
Feminine |
-
gato cat
(he)
-
tóxo boy
-
omo man
-
paron owner,
boss
-
fiol son
-
mar sea
|
-
gata cat
(she)
-
tóxa girl
-
dona woman
-
paróna owner
(she)
-
fió
la
daughter
-
mora blackberry
|
Nouns in
-l, -e, -ista or
derived from adjectives can be either masculine or feminine or be common-gender
nouns
-
el giornal
the
day (masc.),
la
vocal the vowel
(fem.)
-
el cantante
the
singer (masc.),
la
cantante the singer
(fem.)
-
mé
pare my father (masc.)
,
mé mare my mother (fem.)
-
l'artista
the
artist (masc./fem.)
In the three central Venetan provinces (Vicenza, Padova, Rovigo) singular
nouns still end in -re , -le instead of -r,
-l.
Plural
of the nouns (Plural dei Nomi)
| Terminations |
|
Plural |
|
Examples |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Feminines
in
-a
|
|
-e |
|
la
porta the door : le
porte the doors
la gata
the
(she-)cat : le gate
the
(she-)cats |
|
Other
feminines
|
|
-- |
|
la
ciave the key : le ciave
the
keys
fòrbexe scissor(s)
la man hand
:
le man hands
la mision the
mission : le
mision the missions
la nathion the
nation : le
nathion the nations
la sità
the
city :
le
sità the cities |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Masculines
|
|
-i |
|
el gato
the
cat : i gati
the
cats
el vecio the
old man : i veci the old men
el can the
dog : i cani the dogs
el mar the
sea : i mari the seas |
| |
-i
+ vowel change: |
|
|
| |
last
or penult. "closed-ó" => u
penultimate
"closed-é" => i
sequence
-o-ó
=> -u-u
sequence
-o-é
=> -u-i |
|
mónte
mountain
: munti mountains,
paron owner
: paruni owners;
el ségno the
sign : i signi the signs,
el sécio the
pail : i sici the pails
el dotor the
doctor : i duturi the
doctors
el moménto the
moment : i muminti the
moments |
| |
|
|
|
|
Nouns
in -l
(common_gender)
|
|
-i |
|
el giornal the
newspaper : i giornali the
newspapers
la vocal
the vowel : le vocali the
vowels
el / la cantante
the singer : i / le cantanti the
singers |
Note that at extreme east (Venice) and extreme west (Verona) the ending
-i
doesn't produce vowel change and in the north (Belluno) the plural often
has no -i ending, showing the pure stem as in the singular.
Orthographic
Particularities (Particolarità ortogràfiche)
|
Ending in Singular
|
Ending in Plural
|
Examples
|
|
-go -ga
|
-ghi , -ghe
|
mànego handle
: màneghi handles |
|
-co -ca
|
-chi (-si) , -che
|
toco piece
: tochi pieces |
|
-cio - gio
|
-ci -gi
|
vecio old
man : veci old
men |
Particularities
(Particolarità)
1. Nouns in -ista have two forms in the plural :
-
l'artista the artist : i artisti
the
artists (masc.),
le
artiste the artists
(fem.)
2. Other nouns and foreign words are invariable:
-
el / i film the film(s);
-
la / le tribù the
tribe(s);
-
l' / i ultimatum the ultimatum(s).
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