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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 || -it
| Plural || -at
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|Singulative || -en
|Singulative || -in
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| Paucal || -uk
| Paucal || -uk