duoplural
English
Etymology
duo- + plural
Adjective
duoplural (not comparable)
- (grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two or more of something; nonsingular.
Noun
duoplural (plural duoplurals)
- (linguistics, grammar) Duoplural number; the grammatical number of a noun marking two or more of something.
- Languages that employ the duoplural include Navajo and Taos, where the verb shows singular, dual, and plural numbers, but the nouns are marked only as singular or nonsingular (duoplural).
See also
- dual
- paucal
- plural
- quadral
- singular
- singulative
- trial
- unal
Translations
linguistical plural