Plural of nouns ending in –co and –go

Nouns ending in –co and –go in their singular forms, can have their
plural forms in two ways: -chi and –ghi or –ci and –gi.

The rule is that nouns with accents on their penultimate syllable have
their plurals with –chi and –ghi
For example:
Albergo  Alberghi
Fuoco  Fuochi (fuochi d’artificio = fireworks)
Lago  Laghi
Gioco  Giochi

Nouns with accents on the third last syllable have their plurarls with –ci
and –gi
E.g.
Medico  Medici GP = medico di base / medico di famiglia
Psicologo  Psicologi
Monaco  Monaci

There are very few exceptions to these rules. Amongst the most
popular ones:
amico  amici
nemico  nemici
Greco  Greci
arcipelago  arcipelaghi
dialogo  dialoghi
 Plural of nouns ending in –cia and –gia

Nouns ending in –cia and –gia in their singular version, can build their
plural in different ways.

When the accent falls on the –I of the syllable –cia or –gia, the plural
always keeps the –i
E.g.
Farmacia  Farmacie
Strategia  Strategie

When the –c or the –g are preceded by a vowel, the noun simply swap
the final –a with –e.
E.g.
Camicia  Camicie
Valigia  Valigie
Ciliegia  Ciliegie

When the –c or the –g are preceded by a consonant, the noun looses the
–I and replace the –a with –e
arcipelagoE.g.
Provincia  province
Frangia  Frange
Coscia  Cosce
When nouns or adjectives end with –accia, -iccia, - occia, -uccia they
loose the –I and replace the –a with –e
E.g.
Faccia  facce
Grassoccia  grassocce
Parolaccia  parolacce