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SUMMARY
Monosyllabic strong feminine nouns form their plural with -ir and -ar\ the former
group being far the more numerous of the two. In most cases, the distribution of
these plural morfemes is predictable.
Words of the type (-)V(C): /r-plural form most words with the following stem-
vowels: -ú-, -o-, -ö- -> -a-, -au-, -œ-, -ó-, -á-. ar-plural form mostly words with
'i- and in the stem normally form their plural with -jar. Examples of words
containing -ý- and -u- are too rare to allow any conclusions to be drawn.
Exceptions can normally by cxplained from the historical point of vicw but in
Old Icelandic most words of this type have plural with -ar.
Conceming the interplay between the stemvowcls and the vowcls of the endings
it may be said that round and back vowels arc followed by front unrounded vowel,
■•e. -ir; the ending -ar followes unround and back vowels.
Words of the type (-)VCC(C): Nearly all words of this type form their plural with
•ir.
In most cases research on child language (4-6 years old) confirm these conclu-
sions.