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collective number — noun the same as collective numeral … Wiktionary
Numeral (linguistics) — This article is about the linguistic concept of words that represent numbers. For the mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, see Numeral system. In linguistics, number names (or numerals) are specific words in a natural… … Wikipedia
Plurale tantum — A plurale tantum (plural: pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant, though it may still refer to one or many of the objects it names. Many languages have pluralia tantum, such as the… … Wikipedia
troika — 1842, carriage drawn by three horses abreast, from Rus. troika three horse team, any group of three, from collective numeral troe three + dim. suffix ka. Sense of any group of three administrators, triumvirate is first recorded 1945 … Etymology dictionary
-ary — I. 1. an adjective suffix meaning relating to , attached chiefly to nouns (honorary) and to stems appearing in other words (voluntary). 2. a suffix forming nouns from other nouns or adjectives indicating location or repository (dictionary,… …
Grammatical number — Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness Degree of comparison Evidentiality Focus … Wikipedia
HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
un — un, une [ œ̃, yn ] adj. numér. et qualificatif, n., art. et pron. indéf. • Xe; lat. unus REM. On ne fait généralt pas l élision devant un adj. numér. non suivi de décimales : une pièce de un franc, mais un homme d un mètre quatre vingt cinq. I ♦… … Encyclopédie Universelle
une — [ yn ] n. f. • 1890; fém. de un ♦ La première page d un journal. Cinq colonnes à la une. Loc. Être à la une, faire la une des journaux : être l événement dont on parle dans les journaux. ⊗ HOM. Hune. ● une nom féminin Première page d un journal.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Vietnamese syntax — Vietnamese, like many languages in Southeast Asia, is an analytic (or isolating) language. [Comparison note: As such its grammar relies on word order and sentence structure rather than morphology (in which word changes through inflection).… … Wikipedia
