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Eevo uses a singulative-collective-plurative system. Singulative and plurative (called "singular" and "plural" below for convenience) refer to one resp. more than one specific instances of the noun. A noun in the collective form refers to "[noun] in general" or "the set of all [noun]". Collective nouns are referred to with singular pronouns, not plural.

This distinction also applies to abstract nouns~~: the~~ collective of an abstract noun refers to the quality in general, and singulative and plurative refer to one or more specific instances or manifestations of the abstraction. For example, the ~~singulative~~ ''fosgu'' means '~~a heroic deed~~'; the ~~plurative~~ ''~~fosguar~~'' means 'heroic ~~deeds~~'; the ~~collective~~ ''~~fosgun~~'' means '~~valor (in general)~~'.

This distinction also applies to abstract nouns (which often use unmarked collectives). The collective of an abstract noun refers to the quality in general, and singulative and plurative refer to one or more specific instances or manifestations of the abstraction. For example, the collective ''fosgu'' means 'valor (in general)'; the singulative ''fosgus'' means 'a heroic deed'; the plurative ''fosgusar'' means 'heroic deeds'.

The plural is usually marked by ''-ar''. Nouns of Netagin origin in ''-ǿ'' may use an ''-ǿv'' plural.

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 Eevo uses a singulative-collective-plurative system. Singulative and plurative (called "singular" and "plural" below for convenience) refer to one resp. more than one specific instances of the noun. A noun in the collective form refers to "[noun] in general" or "the set of all [noun]". Collective nouns are referred to with singular pronouns, not plural.
-This distinction also applies to abstract nouns: the collective of an abstract noun refers to the quality in general, and singulative and plurative refer to one or more specific instances or manifestations of the abstraction. For example, the singulative ''fosgu'' means 'a heroic deed'; the plurative ''fosguar'' means 'heroic deeds'; the collective ''fosgun'' means 'valor (in general)'.
+This distinction also applies to abstract nouns (which often use unmarked collectives). The collective of an abstract noun refers to the quality in general, and singulative and plurative refer to one or more specific instances or manifestations of the abstraction. For example, the collective ''fosgu'' means 'valor (in general)'; the singulative ''fosgus'' means 'a heroic deed'; the plurative ''fosgusar'' means 'heroic deeds'.
 The plural is usually marked by ''-ar''. Nouns of Netagin origin in ''-ǿ'' may use an ''-ǿv'' plural.