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Facetious mock-erudite plurals in -i or even -ii are sometimes found for words ending with a sound (vaguely) similar to -us. Examples are stewardi (supposed plural of stewardess ) and Elvi (as a plural for Elvis imitators).
Some words borrowed from Inuktitut and related languages spoken by the Inuit in Canada, Greenland and Alaska, retain the original plurals. The word Inuit itself is the plural form. Canadian English also borrows Inuktitut singular Inuk, [20] which is uncommon in English outside Canada.
The word mīlle 'thousand' is a singular indeclinable adjective. However, its plural, mīlia, is a plural third-declension i-stem neuter noun. To write the phrase "four thousand horses" in Latin, the genitive is used: quattuor mīlia equōrum, literally, "four thousands of horses".
Northern Gumuz is said to mark the plural and greater plural on verbs, [192] and Daatsʼiin is said to mark "three degrees of plurality" (plural, greater plural, and greatest plural) on verbs. [193] In both languages though, the "plural" is often actually a paucal, understood to mean about two to four.
In many languages, words other than nouns may take plural forms, these being used by way of grammatical agreement with plural nouns (or noun phrases). Such a word may in fact have a number of plural forms, to allow for simultaneous agreement within other categories such as case, person and gender, as well as marking of categories belonging to ...
Breaking down “Gladiator II”'s brutal ending and what it means for a sequel. Lauren Huff. November 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM. Plus, what director Ridley Scott has teased about a third film.
The plural forms are usually "-os" and "-as" respectively. Adjectives ending -ish can be used as collective demonyms (e.g. the English, the Cornish). So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. the French, the Dutch) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify).
Warning: This post contains spoilers for “Gladiator II.” Very few people are left standing by the end of “Gladiator II.” The long anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 film ...