A plurale tantum (Latin for 'plural only'; pl. pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant for...

vectīgal (Justinian) 'an eighth-part tax' Certain nouns in Latin were plurālia tantum, i.e. nouns that were plural but which had a singular meaning, for...

pluralia tantum always have a gender: Wilfried Kürschner (Grammatisches Kompendium, 6. edition, 2008, p. 121) for example states that German pluralia...

Diple (pluralia tantum; pronounced [dîple̞], other Croatian names: "misnjiče", "miješnice" and "mih") is a traditional woodwind musical instrument originating...

describing things having two parts, comprises the major group of pluralia tantum in modern English: glasses (a pair of spectacles), pants, panties,...

for example to mean "some" (and not others), or to mean "one" with pluralia tantum, e.g. jedne drzwi "one door" (drzwi has no singular). After the numerals...

numerals can be categorized into one of these genders. Exceptions are pluralia tantum (Vianoce – Christmas, though there are rules for deriving the gender)...

compliant, or easily influenced: people likened to sheep". The word is pluralia tantum, which means it does not have a singular form. While its origins are...

"furnitures" to describe both members), conversely names plural form are pluralia tantum. However, a partial exception to this is made by the use of vernacular...

nouns) only have a singular form (singularia tantum); other nouns only have a plural form (pluralia tantum): Das All, der Durst, der Sand ("the Universe"...

neuter noun in the plural: The plural endings for ūnus are used with plūrālia tantum nouns, e. g. ūna castra (one [military] camp), ūnae scālae (one ladder)...

rather than as a specific item. The words trousers and pants are pluralia tantum, nouns that generally only appear in plural form—much like the words...

in partīs trīs. "Gaul is divided into three parts." Distributive or plūrālia tantum numerals usually precede the noun, both in Cicero and Caesar: Octāvius...

(jedni/jedne etc.); they are used to mean "some", or to mean "one" with pluralia tantum (jedne drzwi "one door"). 2 dwa (feminine N/A dwie, masc. personal...

collective numerals Usage Number Case Example Notes Mandatory 2–4 Pluralia tantum nouns in nominative case двое ножниц, трое похорон With paired objects...

plural forms, which occur with nouns used only in the plural form (pluralia tantum), but no dual forms. Dvá, tríje and štírje decline for gender, but...

Slavic languages. The numeral "one" also has a plural form used with pluralia tantum, as in одни часы, "one clock". The same form is used with countable...

singular and plural: rēx "king", rēgēs "kings". A few nouns, called plūrālia tantum ("plural only"), although plural in form, have a singular meaning,...

used," Not all nouns can have all four numbers since some of them are pluralia tantum having no singular variant for referring to a single object, such as...

readily discusses fasting. Hieronymus, Epistulæ 58,2 plurale tantum pl. pluralia tantum plural only nouns that only occur in the plural form pluralis...

readily discusses fasting. Hieronymus, Epistulæ 58,2 plurale tantum pl. pluralia tantum plural only nouns that only occur in the plural form pluralis...

×1, Щ ×1, Ъ ×1, Э ×1, Ю ×1 In Erudit, only nominative singular and pluralia tantum nouns are allowed. Scottish Gaelic-language editions of Scrabble, created...

singulare tantum and uses the collective noun djèca, f. sg. singulare tantum, but plural with verbs, instead of a plural form. The pluralia tantum nouns vráta...

for example to mean "some" (and not others), or to mean "one" with pluralia tantum, e.g. jedne dźwiyrze "one door" (dźwiyrze has no singular). After the...

and II, which could lead to an analysis of gender IV as a class of pluralia tantum. Words describing properties, akin to adjectives, modify nouns in a...