Nominal plural forms were not common in old English. Old English noun usually inflected as a strong neuter, the form being win. The s – text is perhaps one of earliest instances transfer to –s and comes straight down later periods, seeing that only accepted plural. second point ending extends historically unexpected classes nouns. Examples are burgas, degles, feondas, Rondas, hoses etc. number ...

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