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plural

Grammatical number

Also known as pl

Instance of: grammatical number
Subclass of: inflected form

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In many languages, a plural, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number. The plural of a noun typically denotes a quantity greater than the default quantity represented by that noun. This default quantity is most commonly one. Therefore, plurals most typically denote two or more of something, although they may also denote fractional, zero or negative amounts. An example of a plural is the English word boys, which corresponds to the singular boy.

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Opposite of: singular criterion used: Russian, Ukrainian
Short name: PL
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1.“Dept. of Linguistics | Resources | Glossing Rules”eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.phpRetrieved 2023-01-06
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Entry in abbreviations table: iol used by: The National Terminology Database for Irish
ج used by: Dehkhoda Dictionary
мн. used by: Farhang-i forsī ba rusī
pl. used by: Dagbani-English Dictionary, dexonline
Pl. used by: dexonline
Different from: multiple genders
Represents: collective entity
Subject lexeme: L1548743

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