resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGiorgia Meloni’s Italy wants to rename electricitywww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: world@quokk.au
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minus-squareChrobin@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI do not know Italian, but I’d be surprised if a word ending on “a” were masculine. Usually, “a” indicates feminine, making the plural “e”
minus-squareVinylraupe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt would be neutrum in German. (the forbidden sex)
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAncient Romans gobbled a lot of classical greek; the masculine -a nouns are usually greek origin (sistema, tema, problema), but they are the exception. Volta is a proper name, though, so there wouldn’t be any rules.
I do not know Italian, but I’d be surprised if a word ending on “a” were masculine. Usually, “a” indicates feminine, making the plural “e”
It would be neutrum in German. (the forbidden sex)
Ancient Romans gobbled a lot of classical greek; the masculine -a nouns are usually greek origin (sistema, tema, problema), but they are the exception.
Volta is a proper name, though, so there wouldn’t be any rules.