- 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...
-
readily discusses fasting. Hieronymus, Epistulæ 58,2
plurale tantum pl.
pluralia tantum plural only
nouns that only
occur in the
plural form
pluralis majestatis...
-
Diple (
pluralia tantum;
pronounced [dîple̞], from Gr**** δῐπλόος lit. 'double, two-fold'), also
known as misnjiče, miješnice and mih, is a
traditional woodwind...
- that
German pluralia tantum do not have a gender. The
Duden (Duden Grammatik, 8. edition, p. 152f.) for
example states that all
German pluralia tantum have...
- nouns,
describing things having two parts,
comprises the
major group of
pluralia tantum in
modern English: gl****es (a pair of spectacles), pants, panties...
-
readily discusses fasting. Hieronymus, Epistulæ 58,2
plurale tantum pl.
pluralia tantum plural only
nouns that only
occur in the
plural form
pluralis majestatis...
-
singular form (singularia tantum);
other nouns only have a
plural form (
pluralia tantum): Das All, der Durst, der Sand ("the Universe", "thirst", "sand")...
- trouser",
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...
- 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...
