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Singular neutral words end in -um, plurals in -a.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2010
The ejection of the dative plural termination -um, and the substitution of the preposition to and the plural sign -s; as to smiths for smi�um.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
In compounds it is sometimes reduced to -um, e.g.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
Nouns in -us and -um are declined as follows:— Hortus, garden; stem, hortŏ-.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
But one or two names end in -um.
From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
