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12 The masculine nouns endings with a consonant take the article l preceded by u; thus:

It is easy to see that in these words the vowel u is interpolated for the sake of euphony; for it is disagreeable to the ear of a Roumanian to pronounce oml, tunl, focl, pĕrl, tălharl, as in the English words ‘people,’ ‘little,’ ‘nimble.’

When a masculine noun ends with u there is no occasion to insert another u, and so the definite noun will be—

The masculine nouns ending with e take the article le:

Those ending in ĭ follow the rule of those ending with a consonant:

Those ending in ă change the ă to a, following the analogy of feminine nouns: