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pluralis fractus

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Also known as: broken plural
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  • Semitic languages: distribution
    Semitic languages
    / Nouns and adjectives

    …constitute the class of “broken” plurals, while the remaining nouns, which use a long-vowel ending to mark plurality, are called the “sound” type. In the other Semitic languages, the sound method of plural formation predominates, though residual traces in the remaining Semitic languages, as in Syriac ḥemrā, plural of…

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    …constitute the class of “broken” plurals, while the remaining nouns, which use a long-vowel ending to mark plurality, are called the “sound” type. In the other Semitic languages, the sound method of plural formation predominates, though residual traces in the remaining Semitic languages, as in Syriac ḥemrā, plural of…

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