• drspod@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    unless it’s derived from Latin “Wug*, wugīs” in which case there are two Wugi (wûg-eye).

    Wouldn’t a wug, wugis group noun be wuges plural?

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      5 months ago

      Wouldn’t that be Wux, Wuges? It would need to be Wug, Wugines for the ol romans to not condense the word base into ending with x before English gets invented.

    • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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      5 months ago

      Correct! Thank you for catching that, I accidentally put it in third declension. So yes Wuges. I was referencing when second declension nouns borrowed into English sometimes remain -i for the plural (as in radii, stimuli etc.) So Wugus, Wugi.

      Oh yeah and sometimes it’s actually Greek causing irregulars (looking at you, criteria)…