A plurale tantum (Latin for 'plural only'; pl. pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant for...
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Latin numerals (section Plūrāle tantum numerals)
camps', etc. Except for the numbers 1, 3, and 4 and their compounds, the plurale tantum numerals are identical with the distributive numerals (see below). non...
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A hair clipper, often individually called the apparent plurale tantum hair clippers (in a similar way to scissors), is a specialised tool used to cut human...
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Slovak (pronounced [ˈtatri] ) or in Polish (pronounced [ˈtatrɨ]) - plurale tantum), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form...
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Castrensis is a Latin adjective derived from the noun castra (a neutral plurale tantum) meaning "military camp". It is part of several titles of offices relating...
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Fasces (/ˈfæsiːz/ FASS-eez, Latin: [ˈfaskeːs]; a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning 'bundle'; Italian: fascio littorio) is a bound bundle...
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shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the plurale tantum woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight...
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Bilboes (plurale tantum) are iron restraints normally placed on a person's ankles. They have commonly been used as leg shackles to restrain prisoners for...
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pluralized from Proto-Semitic *šamāy-. This renders שָׁמַיִם šāmayīm a plurale tantum, simultaneously singular and plural. Therefore, "heaven" and "heavens"...
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The plural form, most common in speech but less so in print, is a plurale tantum, and seems to be on the model of a pair of scissors. The name of the...
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to reflect it has two legs; the word has no singular form (it is a plurale tantum). This construction is common in English and Italian (brache, plural...
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1 water aman (plurale tantum) 2 nose tinzaa (plurale tantum) 3 to run azzeř 4 fire timessi 5 mouth aqemmum, imi 6 tongue iřes 7 meat aysum ~ aksum 8 bone...
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to be set to music and sung". By the 1930s, the present use of the plurale tantum "lyrics" had begun; it has been standard since the 1950s for many writers...
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crowns, emblems, and coats of arms. "Insignia" can be used either as a plurale tantum word, i.e. unchanged for both singular and plural, or it can take the...
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example dážď – dažďa, nôž – noža); in G pl, geographical names in pl. (plurale tantum) change the a / e / i / o / u (without an acute or a preceding i) in...
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such as the English scissors. These are referred to with the term plurale tantum. Occasionally, a plural form can pull double duty as the singular form...
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Chechen-Ingush folklore. The term nart comes from the Ossetian Nartæ, which is plurale tantum of nar. The derivation of the root nar is of Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian...
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tool might be referred to as a caliper or as calipers — a plural only (plurale tantum) form, like scissors or glasses. Colloquially, the phrase "pair of verniers"...
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feminine: "depth" Niemcy: plural masculine-personal: "Germans" non-personal plurale tantum: "Germany" twardziel: masculine: "tough guy" feminine: "heartwood" włóczęga:...
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provincial parliaments) of the seven provinces. In each States (a plurale tantum) sat representatives of the nobility and the cities (the clergy were...
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"Cattle" can only be used in the plural and not in the singular: it is a plurale tantum. Thus one may refer to "three cattle" or "some cattle", but not "one...
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grit. Fly ash, flue ash, coal ash, or pulverised fuel ash (in the UK)—plurale tantum: coal combustion residuals (CCRs)—is a coal combustion product that...
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developed true mass-noun senses despite having grown from count-noun roots. Plurale tantum – Noun that appears only in the plural form Rothstein, Susan (27 August...
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English-language usage, there is no singular form, making the word a plurale tantum; out of various major dictionaries, only one enters variation from plural...
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Wünsch. In the parlance of the South Slavs, in addition to the feminine plurale tantum "gusle" that has prevailed as a lexeme, even the older "gusli", which...
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animal names, including names for groups Mass noun Measure words Plural Plurale tantum Synesis Fanous, Samuel (2014). A Conspiracy of Ravens: a compendium...
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members below. Some nouns have no singular form. Such a noun is called a plurale tantum. Examples include cattle, thanks, clothes (originally a plural of cloth)...
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chess became known as шахматы (shakhmaty, literally "checkmates", a plurale tantum). The game reached Western Europe and Russia by at least three routes...
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European bagpipes, such as the Bulgarian kaba gaida and the Slovak gajdy (plurale tantum). The linguist Joan Coromines has suggested that the word gaita most...
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the singular (singulare tantum) such as: materials, such as aurum 'gold' Some nouns are only used in the plural (plurale tantum), or when plural have a...
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