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Nouns with unusual plurals

Noun group ending in -a

Some nouns ending in -a are masculine and poeta (m) poeti
form the plural with -i problema (m) problemi
programma (m) programmi

Careful!
cinema (m) cinema

Nouns ending in -ista are can be masculine farmacista (m) farmacisti
or feminine. The singular is always -ista farmacista (f) farmaciste
while the plural form changes. giornalista (m) giornalisti
giornalista (f) giornaliste

The plural of nouns ending in -cia and -gia camicia (f) camicie
is -cie and -gie if the group is preceded by a valigia (f) valigie
vowel. doccia (f) docce
The plural of nouns ending in -cia and -gia arancia (f) arance
is -ce and -ge if the group is preceded by a pioggia (f) piogge
consonant. spiaggia (f) spiagge

Careful!
When the -i in -cia and -gia is stressed the farmacia (f) farmacie
plural is always -cie and -gie bugia (f) bugie
allergia (f) allergie

The plural of masculine nouns ending in -ca duca (m) duchi
and -ga is -chi and -ghi. collega (m) colleghi
The plural of feminine nouns ending in -ca amica (f) amiche
and -ga is -che and -ghe. collega (f) colleghe

Noun group ending in -o

The plural of nouns of two syllables ending fuoco (m) fuochi
02. Nomi particolari
in -co and -go is -chi and -ghi. luogo (m) luoghi
cuoco (m) cuochi

Careful!

The plural of nouns of more than two sylla- tedesco (m) tedeschi
bles ending in -co and -go is -chi and -ghi if albergo (m) alberghi
-co and -go are preceded by a consonant.

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