Accentuation

The Plural of Nouns and Adjectives
in Gascon, Limousin, Auvergnat

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General rule: plural is made by adding -s to the words, cf.:

rota : rotas,
acte : actes,
color : colors,
bòsc : bòscs,
tèxt : tèxts,
romanch : romanchs,
malgash : malgashs.

The words terminated in singular by -s, -ç, -tz, -x, -z remain unchanged in plural, cf.:

precís : precís,
virus : virus,
braç : braç,
crotz : crotz,
fix : fix,
merguèz : merguèz (in Limousin merguez : merguez).

In Limousin and Northern Auvergnat the plural mark -s is mute, but it modifies the pronunciation of the final syllable, cf.:

rota ['òutO] : rotas ['òutà],

òme [O'me] : òmes [O'mej], etc.

Some Vivaro-Alpine dialects form plural in the same manner as Limousin and Auvergnat. Some others are influenced by Provençal, Pieedmontese and Ligurian.

The Gascon of Val d'Aran forms feminine plural in -es (rota : rotes) and some masculine plurals in -i (which corresponds to -es in Languedocian, cf. aranés : aranesi versus Langedocien aranés : araneses).

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