• impure s

impure s (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

• In Italian, a /s/ followed by another consonant. When used immediately before a masculine noun beginning with an impure s, the definite article changes from '''ilItalian, il''' to '''loItalian, lo''' in the singular and from '''liItalian, i''' to '''gli''' in the plural; the indefinite article changes from '''unItalian, un''' to '''unoItalian, uno'''; the partitive article changes from '''deiItalian, dei''' to '''degli'''; and some adjectives and pronouns also change form.
  ''gn'', ''pn'', ''ps'', ''x'', ''y'', ''z'', and certain words starting with ''ch'' that are derived from French, are treated similarly.