Feminine rules from Cantalausa's dictionary
Those rules are extracted from the Cantalausa's dictionary. Whenever necessary a dictionary entry is given with a abbreviation for the feminine forms due to the sparcity of the paper edition of the dictionary. It is hard to read and do not give the feminine forms their due consideration.
In a numeric dictionary there is no place for such a biaised treatment. So we have to restaure the feminine entries by establishing a optimized listing of the inferred rules (from the abbreviations).
Then we must take care of applying each rule in the right order to avoid the side effect of a rule too greedy that could override a more precise one.
| Masculine suffix | Feminine suffix | Action (r for replace, a for concatenate) | Caution | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular substantive, adjective or past participle | ||||
| at | ada | r | ||
| ats | adas | r | ||
| it | ida | r | ||
| ot | oda | r | ||
| ut | uda | r | ⚠️ | cuoissud, cuoissuda |
| Regular rules for c ending masculine suffixes | ||||
| ac | aga | r | ||
| ec | ega | r | ||
| ic | iga | r | ||
| uc | uga | r | ||
| Idiosyncrasy from northern lengadocian | ièr -> ièra is the regular feminine form | |||
| ièr | ièira | r | ||
| ièrs | ièiras | r | ⚠️ | davancièrs, davancièiras |
| Xy-or/Xy-oira rules | ||||
| ador | adoira | r | ||
| ctor | ctoira | r | ||
| idor | idoira | r | ||
| edor | edoira | r | ||
| Xy-or/airitz rules | ||||
| ador | airitz | r | ||
| ator | airitz | r | ||
| aire | airitz | r | ||
| edor | airitz | r | ||
| tor/tritz rule | ||||
| tor | tritz | r | ||
| au | ava | r | ||
| iu | iva | r | ||
| ieu | iva | r | ⚠️ | jusieu, josieu jusiva, josiva |
| ieu | eiva | r | ⚠️ | romieu, romieva |
| Accentuated suffixes rules | ||||
| èu | èa | r | ⚠️ | lat. -eus |
| òu | òla | r | ||
| Some exceptions | ||||
| ít | ïda | r | ⚠️ | apetoít, -apetoída |
| oüt | oüda | r | ⚠️ | coüt, coüda |
| às | assa | r | ⚠️ | gras, grassa |
| ís | issa | r | ||
| phonological alternances c/ç g/j gu/g | ||||
| ce | ça | r | ||
| ge | ja | r | ||
| g | ja | r | ||
| gue | ga | r | ||
| Some exceptions | ||||
| au | la | r | ||
| au | da | a | ⚠️ | badau, badauda |
| ant | anda | r | ⚠️ | marchant, marchanda |
| il | illa | r | ⚠️ | tranquil, tranquilla |
feminine suffix essa rules | ||||
consonanta | essa | a | ⚠️ | baron, baronessa |
| e | essa | r | ||
| es | essa | r | ||
| és | essa | r | ||
| regular concatenations | ||||
| às | sa | a | ||
| as | sa | a | ||
| ès | sa | a | ||
| es | sa | a | ||
| òs | sa | a | ⚠️ | bedòssa |
| os | sa | a | ||
| is | sa | a | ||
| us | sa | a | ||
| Loss of accentuation | ||||
| és | esa | r | cortés, cortesa ; anglés, anglesa | |
| ús | usa | r | ||
| ús | ussa | r | ⚠️ | capús, capussa |
| ís | isa | r | ||
| üe | ua | r | ||
| òt | ota | r | ||
| ú | ua | r | ||
| es | as | r | ⚠️ | divèrses, divèrsas |
| ós | ossa | r | ⚠️ | |
| èr | ra | a | ⚠️ | esquèr, esquèrra |
| ós | osa | r | ||
| ú | ua | r | ⚠️ | contigú, contigua |
| ú | üa | r | ⚠️ | ambigú, ambigüa |
| í | ia | r | ⚠️ | amfibí, amfibia |
| Gain of accentuation | ||||
| ani | ània | r | ||
| ab | àbia | r | ⚠️ | arab, aràbia |
| açi | àcia | r | ⚠️ | bonifaçi, bonifàcia |
| api | àpia | r | ||
| ari | ària | r | ||
| avi | àvia | r | ||
| arri | àrria | r | ||
| ici | ícia | r | ||
| uci | úcia | r | ||
| Fall through rules | ||||
| e | a | r | ||
i or consonanta | a | a |