Avalonian: Difference between revisions
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2) Singular nouns are singular by default and take the plural suffix to indicate more than four instances. | 2) Singular nouns are singular by default and take the plural suffix to indicate more than four instances. | ||
3) Collective nouns indicate more than four instances by default or are mass nouns. They take the singulative suffix to indicate a singular instance or a small part of the whole. | 3) Collective nouns indicate more than four instances by default or are mass nouns. They take the singulative suffix to indicate a singular instance or a very small part of the whole. | ||
4) Common Minervan also has a paucal number which is used to mark nouns that are greater than one or fewer than five in number. Also indicates matched sets of entities of any number. | 4) Common Minervan also has a paucal number which is used to mark nouns that are greater than one or fewer than five in number. Also indicates matched sets of entities of any number. | ||
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| Number || Suffix | | Number || Suffix | ||
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| Plural || - | | Plural || -at | ||
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|Singulative || - | |Singulative || -in | ||
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| Paucal || -uk | | Paucal || -uk | ||