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4.4 Change of gender in plural

This is really a strange phenomenon and the author doesn't know any language where something like that happens. There are words in Italian where the singular is masculine and the plural is feminine (change of article).

Examples
il braccio => le braccia
the arm => the arms
il ginocchio => le ginocchia
the knee => the knees
il dito => le dita
the finger => the fingers
il labbro => le labbra
the lip => the lips
il ciglio => le ciglia
the lash => the lashes
l' uovo => le uova
the egg => the eggs

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