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...

camps', etc. Except for the numbers 1, 3, and 4 and their compounds, the plurale tantum numerals are identical with the distributive numerals (see below). non...

shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the plurale tantum woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight...

A hair clipper, often individually called the apparent plurale tantum hair clippers (in a similar way to scissors), is a specialised tool used to cut human...

Slovak (pronounced [ˈtatri] ) or in Polish (pronounced [ˈtatrɨ]) - plurale tantum), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form...

thousands", it is in fact not so definitely large. It is also (used as a plurale tantum noun) a kind of decorative confectionery consisting of tiny coloured...

Fasces (/ˈfæsiːz/ FASS-eez, Latin: [ˈfaskeːs]; a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning 'bundle'; Italian: fascio littorio) is a bound bundle...

Castrensis is a Latin adjective derived from the noun castra (a neutral plurale tantum) meaning "military camp". It is part of several titles of offices relating...

The plural form, most common in speech but less so in print, is a plurale tantum, and seems to be on the model of a pair of scissors. The name of the...

pluralized from Proto-Semitic *šamāy-. This renders שָׁמַיִם šāmayīm a plurale tantum, simultaneously singular and plural. Therefore, "heaven" and "heavens"...

Bilboes (plurale tantum) are iron restraints normally placed on a person's ankles. They have commonly been used as leg shackles to restrain prisoners for...

⟨-ëk⟩, ⟨-ik⟩ have ⟨-a⟩. Shrubs, herbs, and substances ⟨-ú⟩. Except five plurale tantum nouns ( ˈlëdzë ("people") > ˈlëdzy (genitive plural), ˈpjõdzë ("money")...

crowns, emblems, and coats of arms. "Insignia" can be used either as a plurale tantum word, i.e. unchanged for both singular and plural, or it can take the...

to be set to music and sung". By the 1930s, the present use of the plurale tantum "lyrics" had begun; it has been standard since the 1950s for many writers...

such as the English scissors. These are referred to with the term plurale tantum. Occasionally, a plural form can pull double duty as the singular form...

to reflect it has two legs; the word has no singular form (it is a plurale tantum). This construction is common in English and Italian (brache, plural...

1 water aman (plurale tantum) 2 nose tinzaa (plurale tantum) 3 to run azzeř 4 fire timessi 5 mouth aqemmum, imi 6 tongue iřes 7 meat aysum ~ aksum 8 bone...

Wünsch. In the parlance of the South Slavs, in addition to the feminine plurale tantum "gusle" that has prevailed as a lexeme, even the older "gusli", which...

"Cattle" can only be used in the plural and not in the singular: it is a plurale tantum. Thus one may refer to "three cattle" or "some cattle", but not "one...

example dážď – dažďa, nôž – noža); in G pl, geographical names in pl. (plurale tantum) change the a / e / i / o / u (without an acute or a preceding i) in...

English-language usage, there is no singular form, making the word a plurale tantum; out of various major dictionaries, only one enters variation from plural...

Chechen-Ingush folklore. The term nart comes from the Ossetian Nartæ, which is plurale tantum of nar. The derivation of the root nar is of Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian...

feminine: "depth" Niemcy: plural masculine-personal: "Germans" non-personal plurale tantum: "Germany" twardziel: masculine: "tough guy" feminine: "heartwood" włóczęga:...

tool might be referred to as a caliper or as calipers — a plural only (plurale tantum) form, like scissors or glasses. Colloquially, the phrase "pair of verniers"...

developed true mass-noun senses despite having grown from count-noun roots. Plurale tantum – Noun that appears only in the plural form Rothstein, Susan (27 August...

provincial parliaments) of the seven provinces. In each States (a plurale tantum) sat representatives of the nobility and the cities (the clergy were...

grit. Fly ash, flue ash, coal ash, or pulverised fuel ash (in the UK)—plurale tantum: coal combustion residuals (CCRs)—is a coal combustion product that...

animal names, including names for groups Mass noun Measure words Plural Plurale tantum Synesis Fanous, Samuel (2014). A Conspiracy of Ravens: a compendium...

members below. Some nouns have no singular form. Such a noun is called a plurale tantum. Examples include cattle, thanks, clothes (originally a plural of cloth)...

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