Number: number
Number
Number is an inflectional feature of both nominal and verb speech parts .
Sing: singular number
A singular noun denotes one person, animal or thing.
Examples:
- balón “[a] baloon”, kámen “[a] stone”, tóran “[a] thorn”
- tabéla “[a] label /sign”, tésla “[an] adz”, zmijá “[a] snake”
- déte [a] child”, lísto “[a]leaf”, kóte “[a] cat”
Plur: plural number
A plural noun denotes two or more persons, animals or things.
Examples:
- balónove “baloons”, kámene “stones”, tórany “thorns”
- tabély “labels / signs”, tésly “adzes”, zmíje “snakes”
- déti “children”, listá “leaves”, kóteta “cats”
Count: count plural form
A form that is used as plural for masculine nouns after numerals. This is a relic of the dual form.
Examples:
- dva balóna “two ballons”, dva kámenæ “two stones”, dva tórana “two thorns”
Ptan: plurale tantum
Some nouns appear only in the plural form even if they denote one thing (semantic singular).
There are Pomak nouns of the plurale tantum type but the feature has not yet been employed in the treebank.
Examples:
- pantóly “pants”, gášte “underwear”, biǧámy “pijamas”, diláve “fire tongs”, nallamý “pincers”, kléšte “pliers”
Coll: collective / mass / singulare tantum
Collective nouns ending in -ja are always plural (plurale tantum). Collective nouns ending in -(j)e, despite having always plural (collective) meaning, can be either grammatically singular(a less frequent case) or grammatically plural, depending on the speaker’s perception of the set of objects as a whole or as distinct items (dialectal variation is possible).
Examples:
- balóņe / baloņá “[a] multitude of ballons” , kámeņe “[a] pile / multitude of stones” , tóraņe “[a] pile / multitude of thorns”
- tabeļá “[a] pile / multitude of labels /signs”, teslürjá “[a] pile / multitude of adzes”, zmijulürjá “[a] pile / multitude of snakes”
- dečjá “[a] pile / multitude of children”, lístje “[a] pile / multitude of leaves”, kotetjá “[a] pile / multitude of cats”
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