VERNACULAR: STRESSED ENDING -A/-'A IN PLURAL OF THE THIRD DECLENTION
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2023
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Plovdiv University Press "Paisii Hilendarski"
Abstract
The process of replacing the plural ending -ы/-и (-y/-i) with -а́/-я́ (-a/-'a)
in the contemporary Russian standard language is observed in the forms of masculine
nouns, which end in a consonant in the nominative singular case. Beyond
the first declension, the spread of this phenomenon in literate speech is still unacceptable.
In colloquial language, however, the range of words affected is
much wider, regardless of grammatical gender and partly not depending on the
type of declension. The article discusses examples of replacing -ы/-и with
-а́/-я́ in the forms of words of the III declension; the purely vernacular (for now)
nature of their use is emphasized; additional connotations and emotional and
stylistic load of these forms are revealed; an attempt has been made to explain
the inevitability of the appearance of certain forms.
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plural nominative, stressed ending -a/-'á: nochá ‘nights’, pomoshchá ‘help(s)’, docher’á ‘daughters’, mebel’á ‘furniture(s)’