count form

English

Etymology

Calque of BulgarianCategory:English terms calqued from Bulgarian#COUNTFORMCategory:English terms derived from Bulgarian#COUNTFORM бро́йна фо́рма (brójna fórma), coined by American linguist Ernest Scatton in 1984Category:English coinages#COUNTFORM in A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian.[1]

Noun

count form (plural count forms)Category:English lemmas#COUNTFORMCategory:English nouns#COUNTFORMCategory:English countable nouns#COUNTFORMCategory:English multiword terms#COUNTFORMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#COUNTFORMCategory:Pages with entries#COUNT%20FORMCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COUNT%20FORM

  1. (grammarCategory:en:Grammar#COUNTFORM) In some Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian and Russian, a distinct plural form taken by certain nouns when explicitly modified by a quantity.
    Synonyms: count plural, quantitative plural

Translations

References

  1. ↑ Scatton, Ernest (1984), A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian‎, Slavica Publishers.
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