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Form of plurality
A double plural is a plural form to which an extra suffix has been added, mainly because the original plural suffix (or other variation) had become unproductive
Double_plural
Grammatical number
languages, a plural (sometimes abbreviated as pl., pl, pl., or pl), is one of the values of the grammatical category of number. The plural of a noun typically
Plural
Use of grammar in a language to express number
the plural with itself, to mean multiple different groups. This has been called the "plural of the plural", the plural plural, or the double plural. An
Grammatical_number
How English plurals are formed; typically -(e)s
English plurals include the plural forms of English nouns and English determiners. This article discusses the variety of ways in which English plurals are
English_plurals
Twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet
is double-u, plural double-ues. The name "double-u" reflects stages in the letter's evolution when it was considered two of the same letter, a double U
W
Grammatical mood
second-person plural, which can also be used to express formality (See T–V distinction), uses the suffixes -in/-ın/-ün/-un. The second person double-plural, reserved
Imperative_mood
Group of West Germanic languages
as a single plural ending for all persons of the verb, the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law, common changes to the Germanic vowel *a, a plural form -as, and
North_Sea_Germanic
Proposed northern dialect of biblical Hebrew
its phonetically full form, known as the status absolutus. In SBH, the plural–singular distinction between nouns is still apparent, whether they are cast
Israelian_Hebrew
Small, usually sweet, type of sweet bread
rather than as the plural, and the letter "s" is often added to the end of the word kolache to form "kolaches", which is a double plural. Originating as
Kolach_(cake)
Wording that is devised to be understood in two ways
A double entendre (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which
Double_entendre
Nouns that follow weak inflection
inflection in common use: ox, whose plural is oxen, and child, whose plural is children, the latter being a double plural. Additionally, the words aurochs
Weak_noun
Latin phrase meaning "for example"
abbreviated as "ee.g." or even "ee.gg.", corresponding to the practice of doubling plurals in Latin abbreviations.[citation needed] E.g. is often confused with
Exempli_gratia
English language during the Middle Ages
strong -(e)s plural form has survived into Modern English. The weak -(e)n form is now rare and used only in oxen and as part of a double plural, in children
Middle_English
First letter of the Latin alphabet
and others worldwide. Its name in English is a (pronounced as in say), plural aes. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which
A
Adding sounds to the end of a word
— the -y is added to make it a regular plural in Polish due to declension (the word turns into double plural); Polish pierogi (pl.) → English pierogis
Paragoge
Punctuation or diacritical mark (')
Contraction (grammar) Genitive case Modifier letter double apostrophe Possessive case "Pease" as an old plural of "pea" is indeterminate: Lentils' and pease'[s]
Apostrophe
Seventh letter of the Latin alphabet
(pronounced /ˈdʒiː/ ), plural gees. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the single-storey (sometimes "opentail") g and the double-storey (sometimes
G
Class of guardian angel
The Arabic term al-mu'aqqibat (commonly encountered in the definite plural, Arabic معقبات "those who follow one upon another") is a term occurring in the
Mu'aqqibat
Clothing with coverings for each leg
britches, differ from breeches. Breeches is a double plural known since c. 1205, from Old English brēc, the plural of brōc "garment for the legs and trunk"
Breeches
West Slavic language
commonly used with the English plural ending -s in Canada and United States of America, pierogis, thus making it a "double plural". A similar situation happened
Polish_language
Social customs
customer-clerk, colleagues) plural second-person siz is used almost exclusively. In very formal situations, double plural second-person sizler may refer
Etiquette_in_Asia
Formality distinction feature of some languages
used in Modern Standard Arabic except by some speakers Technically a "double plural", sometimes employed for a small group of people. Only commonly employed
T–V_distinction
Sociolinguistic phenomenon
second-person plural for formal, and second-person double plural for very formal situations: gel (second-person singular, informal), gelin (second-person plural, formal)
T–V distinction in the world's languages
T–V_distinction_in_the_world's_languages
Italo-Romance language spoken in Italy
feminine plural nouns, preceded by the feminine plural definite article, 'e, or any feminine plural adjective, have their initial consonant doubled. All neuter
Neapolitan_language
Definite article in English
used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter or sound. This is different
The
-ers is used as a double plural instead of -eren, hence the plural of kind ("child") is kinders, not kinderen, although the plural kinders being used
Comparison of Afrikaans and Dutch
Comparison_of_Afrikaans_and_Dutch
Part of Latin grammar
vocative are always identical in the plural. The dative, ablative, and locative are always identical in the plural. For neuter nouns, the nominative, vocative
Latin_declension
Possessive words and phrases in the English language
/mæn/ has the singular possessive man's /mænz/ and the plural possessive men's /mɛnz/ But a plural noun ending in -s only adds the apostrophe (for example:
English_possessive
Grammar of the Turkish language
customer-clerk, colleagues) plural second-person siz is used almost exclusively. In very formal situations, double plural second-person sizler may refer
Turkish_grammar
plumb- lead Latin plumbum plumber plur-, plus- more Latin plus, pluris double, plural, pluralist, plus, quadruple, surplus, triple plurim- most Latin plurimus
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/P–Z
Ancient Greek wind instrument
aulos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An aulos (plural auloi; Ancient Greek: αὐλός : aulós, plural αὐλοί : auloí) or Latin: tibia was a wind instrument
Aulos
Supernatural double of a living person
a person who is a double-walker. The singular and plural forms are the same in German, but English writers usually prefer the plural doppelgängers. In
Doppelgänger
Alternative forms for the Cyrillic letter O
in certain manuscripts in the plural or dual forms of the root word eye, like Ꙫчи. A similar jocular glyph (called "double-dot wide O") has been suggested
Cyrillic_O_variants
Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia
regular plural /ʔatke/. /tʼet/ is sometimes found with the double plural /tʼedəkune/. /-dəs/ "parent, ancestor" is also found with the undoubled plural /-dəske/
Carrier_language
term is the plural form euri (/ˈøːri/) (or even the double plural euries (/ˈøːris/)), a deliberate hypercorrect form referring to the plural of Dutch words
Language_and_the_euro
Fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
and others worldwide. Its name in English is dee (pronounced /ˈdiː/ ), plural dees. The Semitic letter Dāleth may have developed from the logogram for
D
Bantu language of Uganda
plural amagi (from stem gi) eggwanga 'country'; plural amawanga (from nasalised stem wanga—the w becomes ggw when doubled) ejjinja 'cricket'; plural amayinja
Luganda
West Germanic language grammar
pairs, a "double plural" is used, where both suffixes appear. reed "skate" → redens lears "boot" → learzens A few nouns have irregular plural forms: bern
West_Frisian_grammar
plumb- lead Latin plumbum plumber plur-, plus- more Latin plus, pluris double, plural, pluralist, plus, quadruple, surplus, triple plurim- most Latin plurimus
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/P
Spirit-images in ancient Greek literature
eidolon (/aɪˈdoʊlɒn/; Ancient Greek: εἴδωλον 'image, idol, double, apparition, phantom, ghost'; plural: eidola or eidolons) is a spirit-image of a living or
Eidolon
Statistic used in baseball and softball
accordance with the usual practice for pluralizing initialisms in English; however, some sources use "RBI" as the plural, on the basis that it can stand for
Run_batted_in
1983 collection of essays by Abdelkebir Khatibi
Plural Maghreb (in French: Maghreb pluriel) is a book of critical essays written by Abdelkebir Khatibi first published in 1983. The book, containing six
Plural_Maghreb
Closed lexical category of the English language
for which). Note that singular they is morphosyntactically plural: it is used with a plural verb form, as in "they laugh" or "they are". See the singular
Personal_pronouns_in_English
Grammar of the Gujarati language
onto nominative marked masculine and neuter plurals anyway. This redundancy is called the double plural. Historically, the origin of this suffix is murky
Gujarati_grammar
Extinct Semitic language of Mesopotamia
the dual and plural, the accusative and genitive are merged into a single oblique case. Akkadian, unlike Arabic, has only "sound" plurals formed by means
Akkadian_language
Twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet
the English alphabet. Its name in English is wye (pronounced /ˈwaɪ/ ), plural wyes. In the English writing system, it mostly represents a vowel and seldom
Y
Second person pronoun used in Pennsylvania
and plural. In the first person, for example, speakers use the singular I and the plural we. However, the second-person pronoun you performs a double duty
Yinz
Twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet
and others worldwide. Its name in English is el (pronounced /ˈɛl/ EL), plural els. Lamedh may have come from a pictogram of an ox goad or cattle prod
L
Grammatical number in addition to singular and plural
grammatical number that some languages use in addition to singular and plural. When a noun or pronoun appears in dual form, it is interpreted as referring
Dual_(grammatical_number)
Grammar of the Inuit languages
number, case, and possession. Inuktut has three numbers; singular, dual, and plural. Inuktut has eight noun cases, all of which display various roles within
Inuit_grammar
Cyrillic letter
dots inside (Ꙫ/ꙫ or Ꙭ/ꙭ), also double "O" without dots inside were used in certain manuscripts in spelling of dual/plural forms of the words with the same
O_(Cyrillic)
Grammatical construction such as 'not nothing'
In linguistics and semantics, a double negative is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence. This
Double_negative
Character (§) for referencing sections
is read as the plural "sections". For example, "§§ 13–21" would be read as "sections 13 through 21", much as pp. (pages) is the plural of p., meaning
Section_sign
Latin letter E with two dots
g. Musée [ˈmyːzeː] ("museum"), n-plural: Muséeën [ˈmyːzeːən], n-less plural: Muséeë [ˈmyːzeːə]. About usage of plural forms with and without -n, see Eifeler
Ë
Names of numbers in Latin
parts' Mīlle '1000' is indeclinable in the singular but variable in the plural: dā mī bāsia mīlle, deinde centum (Catullus) 'give me a thousand kisses
Latin_numerals
Grammatical features of Old English
spēd bēoþ twieċġu ("Fame [masculine] and success [feminine] are double-edged [neuter plural]"). In Old English (and Indo-European languages generally), each
Old_English_grammar
Cretan double-bladed axe
A labrys (Greek: λάβρυς, romanized: lábrys) (plural labryes (λάβρυες)) is a kind of double-bitted axe that traces back to the Minoan civilization of Crete
Labrys
Sari of double-ikat woven silk
A Patola sari is a double ikat woven sari, usually made from silk, made in Patan, Gujarat, India. The word patola is the plural form; the singular is patolu
Patola_sari
Names of numbers in English
similarly Proto-Isaiah and proton 2: couple brace, from Old French "arms" (the plural of arm), as in "what can be held in two arms". pair deuce the face of a
English_numerals
Principal language of Akan lands in Ghana
human nouns (e.g., onua → enuanom). This double marking represents a unique development in the Twi-Fante plural system, where human nouns have not only
Twi-Fante_language
Grammar of the Kannada language
noun may be singular, but is treated as grammatically plural to convey respect. A doubled plural combining -(a)r and -gaḷ is not uncommon for titles and
Kannada_grammar
Verb form
(third person singular), and are (second person singular and all persons plural). The modal verbs (can, must, etc.) have only a single form, with no addition
Simple_present
Most widely spoken of all Sámi languages
A noun in the comitative plural is preceded by a demonstrative in either the comitative or the accusative/genitive plural form. The interrogative/relative
Northern_Sámi
Classification of natural languages
Dependent-marking, however, occurs when a singular or plural noun demands the singular or plural form of the demonstrative determiner this/these or that/those
Dependent-marking_language
American folklorist and academic (1872–1958)
alumni, and syllabi; the creation of double plurals such as insignias and stimulis; and the creation of -s plurals from Latin singulars such as antennas
Louise_Pound
Words in English that substitute for a noun or noun phrase
are used with both singular and plural reference. In the Southern United States, y'all (from you all) is used as a plural form, and various other phrases
Pronouns_in_English
Group of islands in the South Atlantic
Among its features: Plural marking after numbers is absent, as seen in constructions like "five pound". Distinct second person plural pronouns are used
Tristan_da_Cunha
Germanic language
/ɣ/. Standard Dutch also has many words with an -en (/ən/) suffix (mostly plural forms of verbs and nouns). While Standard Dutch and most dialects do not
West_Flemish
Verbs in the English language
the regular noun plural suffix -[e]s and the possessive -'s. The spelling rules given above are also very similar to those for the plural of nouns. The third
English_verbs
Nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ess (pronounced /ˈɛs/ ), plural esses. Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative
S
English language suffix
and funnily (from funny). When the suffix is added to a word ending in double l, only y is added with no additional l; for example, full becomes fully
-ly
English words "the", "a(n)", and sometimes "some"
However, the definite article is not typically used: with generic nouns (plural or uncountable): cars have accelerators, happiness is contagious, referring
English_articles
Group of Lombard dialects
-ett, form plurals in -itt (e.g., singular fiolin / plural fiolitt). Nouns ending in -ll have plurals in -j (e.g., singular el sidell / plural i sidej;
Western_Lombard_dialects
Shortened form of a word or phrase
languages as well as English, single-letter abbreviations had the plural being a doubling of the letter for note-taking. Most of these deal with writing
Abbreviation
Tibeto-Burman language
to the modified noun. Unlike in English, mass nouns can be modified with plural markers. An example is below: Literary: Spoken: Both: Gloss: မြစ် မြစ် မြစ်
Burmese_language
doubling pronoun is placed immediately after "să" / "a" and takes the clitic form in the singular ("să-i" and "a-i") and the full form in the plural ("să
Romanian_nouns
Ancient Egyptian religious festivities
body. French-speaking Egyptologists, however, restore the word redjou (plural: redjouou ) by “flow”, “exudation”, “humours” or “lymphs”. For Osiris, the
Mysteries_of_Osiris
English dialect in Cornwall, Southwestern England
of thou and ye (thee and ye ('ee)) – Why doesn't thee have a fringe? double plurals – clothes-line postes[clarification needed] irregular use of the definite
Cornish_dialect
Double-reed woodwind instrument
chalumeau, also shares this etymology.) The early plural forms were often mistaken for a singular, and new plurals were formed from them. The later reduction
Shawm
Language of Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania
FIN.2PL 'You (plural) ate.' Dóor-óon /doːroːn/ hit-PAST ngéen /ŋɡeːn/ FIN.2PL Dóor-óon ngéen /doːroːn/ /ŋɡeːn/ hit-PAST FIN.2PL 'You (plural) hit.' There
Wolof_language
Traditional Mesoamerican dish
speakers applying English pluralization rules, and thus interpreting the -e- as part of the stem, rather than part of the plural suffix -es. Tamales originated
Tamale
Window made of one or more movable panels
windows, but can now contain an individual sheet (or sheets, in the case of double glazing) of glass. The oldest surviving examples of sash windows were installed
Sash_window
Citizenship in multiple countries held by the same person
passport. The same principle as in Poland is enforced in France, but the plural-national is not allowed to request French consular help in any other country
Multiple_citizenship
Case specifying the use of the object form of pronouns
(singular), li conte (plural) Oblique: le conte (singular), les contes (plural) Modern French: le conte (singular), les contes (plural) In some cases, both
Oblique_case
instead of usted. 2 Primarily in Spain; elsewhere, ustedes is used in the plural regardless of the level of formality. 3 Reflexive Usted may be abbreviated
Personal_pronouns_in_Spanish
Language of ancient Sumer and Babylon
house" Likewise, the plural marker is usually (albeit not always) added only once when a whole series of coordinated nouns have plural reference: 𒀳𒉺𒇻𒋗𒄩𒂊𒉈
Sumerian_language
Armed conflict in the Horn of Africa
10 February 1964. p. 7. Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. 1964. Plural Societies. Stichting Plurale Samenlevingen. 1972. p. 27. Yohannes K. Mekonnen
1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
1964_Ethiopian–Somali_Border_War
Country in Southeastern Africa
Karanga dialect of Shona as "houses of stones" (dzimba = plural of imba, "house"; mabwe = plural of ibwe, "stone"). The Karanga-speaking Shona people live
Zimbabwe
Archipelagic country in Southeast Asia
David Joel (2018). "Chapter 3: A Singular and a Plural Folk". The Philippines: A Singular and a Plural Place. Nations of the Modern World: Asia (Fourth ed
Philippines
Plurality voting system
likely to hold a safe seat. In some election systems, multi-seat districts (plural districts in the U.S.) are used but FPP may be used because multi-seat contests
First-past-the-post_voting
System of two stars orbiting each other
publications (especially older ones), a faint secondary is called the comes (plural comites; companion). If the stars are the same brightness, the discoverer
Binary_star
Arawakan language spoken in Brazil
those made reflexive by /-oa/. The reciprocal /-kakoa/ may be used with doubled plural morphology to indicated multiple reciprocal pairs, and may also attach
Paresi_language
Symbol used to represent a monetary currency's name
sometimes written with a double bar like a double-barred dollar sign: ﷼ IR Rl Rls rial Iranian rial Rl is singular and Rls is plural U+FDFC ﷼ RIAL SIGN —
Currency_symbol
names for each of its sections, so it is also often referred to in the plural, Les Rambles. From the Plaça de Catalunya to the Portal de la Pau, it is
Street_names_in_Barcelona
Arabic variety spoken in Egypt
sound plural or broken plural. The sound plural is formed by adding endings, and can be considered part of the declension. For the broken plural, however
Egyptian_Arabic
English words that indicate a question is being asked, as a grammatical category
on Thursday? can be asked whether the expected response is singular or plural. (For agreement purposes, though, interrogative words are singular.) In
English_interrogative_words
Optical device which transmits and refracts light
concludes that the misspelling is a result of a wrong singularisation of the plural (lenses). or a positive lens. Rays converging to each real image point.
Lens
Type of inflection whereby a word changes form depending on related words
singular, second person plural and so on. Some examples: I really am (1st pers. singular) vs. We really are (1st pers. plural) The boy sings (3rd pers
Agreement_(linguistics)
Rothmann initially opposed the idea of plural marriage. However, he later wrote a theological defense of plural marriage, and took nine wives himself,
Polygamy_in_Christianity
Grammar of the Romanian language
part of speech, called numeral (plural: numerale). Examples: Cardinal Proper: doi (two); Multiplicative: îndoit (double); Collective: amândoi (both); Distributive:
Romanian_grammar
DOUBLE PLURAL
DOUBLE PLURAL
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Dobbe, one of several pet forms of Robert in which the initial letter was altered. Compare Hobbs.
Girl/Female
Scottish
From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a sickly person, from French debile ‘frail’, ‘weak’ (from Latin debilis).Americanized spelling of German Diebel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Dowdell.Possibly an altered spelling of German Daudel, Dautel, variants of Dietz.
Male
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin nobilis, NOBLE means "noble."
Girl/Female
Latin
Mistress of the home.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Money; Russian Currency
Boy/Male
Hindu
Born during the rainy season, Money
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dibble.Altered spelling of German Deibel or Deubel.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname from Old French doubel ‘twin’ (literally ‘double’, from Late Latin duplus, classical Latin duplex, from du(o) ‘two’ + plek, a root meaning ‘fold’).
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Dubhghall, DOYLE means "black stranger."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; perhaps derived from the vocabulary word soul as a term of affection.French (Soulé) : variant of Soulier 1.George Soule (1600–80), one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620, was one of the founders of Duxbury, MA, where he became comparatively wealthy. He left eight children.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Coble.Americanized spelling of German Kobel.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Hildo (see Hildebrand, Houde).French : habitational name from any of several places in Normandy called La Houle or Les Houles, named in Old French with the singular or plural of houle ‘cave’.English : variant of Hole.
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English
Dark Water; In the Seventeenth Century; Diminutive of Douglas
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a variant of the medieval personal name Tebald, Tibalt (see Theobald).
Girl/Female
Christian, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Money
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : variant of Double.In some cases, probably an altered spelling of South German Dobel or Döbel, a topographic name for someone who lived in a gorge or deep valley, Middle High German southern dialect tobel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Wombwell in South Yorkshire, named with the Old English byname Wamba meaning ‘belly’ (or this word used in a transferred topographical sense) + Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a variant of Goble or Gobel.Perhaps an Americanized spelling of French Gobeil.
DOUBLE PLURAL
DOUBLE PLURAL
Biblical
justice of Jehovah,Jehovah-justified,Jehovah justifies
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Lamp; Stars
Girl/Female
French
Girl/Female
Muslim
Life
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from any of various places named in Old English as Äc lÄ“ah ‘oak clearing’. Possible sources include Acle in Norfolk, Aykley in Durham, and Ackley Farm in Powys. Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.Americanized spelling of Swiss German Egli.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Brocade
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Pleasant
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Greek
Modern Blend of Catrina and Patrice
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English
Stony Meadow; From the Stony Village
Girl/Female
Indian
Fem of manar: light-house
DOUBLE PLURAL
DOUBLE PLURAL
DOUBLE PLURAL
DOUBLE PLURAL
DOUBLE PLURAL
adv.
In a double degree; doubly.
v. i.
To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.
imp. & p. p.
of Double
n.
The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
n.
Double beer; strong beer.
n.
The state of being double or doubled.
a.
Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
v. t.
To double the natural darkness of (a place).
adv.
Twice; doubly.
n.
One who, or that which, doubles.
n.
Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred.
v. t.
To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
adv.
In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation.
a.
To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length.
n.
Double-quick time, step, or march.
n.
A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles.
a.
To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
n.
That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.