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Rh There are feminine nouns also which end with the vowels:

There are several ways in which the feminine plural is formed. Nouns ending in ă make their plural by changing ă into e:

Those ending in e short, take ĭ in the plural:

Those ending in a long, add the particle le to the singular:

Those ending in e long (pronounced ea, é in the singular), and zi (the only word ending in i long), add also le for the plural:

Note.—If vacă, ‘cow,’ has for plural vacĭ; soră, ‘sister,’ sorĭ; cale, ‘way,’ căĭ, this is done for the sake of euphony.