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* '''''[[Contionary: atze#Modern Standard Imperial|atze]]''''' ‘island’ → '''''kvatze''''' ‘islands’ | * '''''[[Contionary: atze#Modern Standard Imperial|atze]]''''' ‘island’ → '''''kvatze''''' ‘islands’ | ||
===Irregular & Suppletive Nouns=== | ====Irregular & Suppletive Nouns==== | ||
There are several of the most common nouns which have irregular plurals. Some of the most common are: | |||
* '''''[[Contionary: òla#Modern Standard Imperial|òla]]''''' ‘father’ → '''''kvòla''''' ‘fathers’ (not **''kvola'') | |||
* '''''[[Contionary: pàn#Modern Standard Imperial|pàn]]''''' ‘child’ → '''''pepàn''''' ‘children’ (not **''kve pàn'') | |||
* '''''[[Contionary: tè#Modern Standard Imperial|tè]]''''' ‘person’ → '''''kvètè''''' ‘people’ (not **''tete'') | |||
* '''''[[Contionary: yìr#Modern Standard Imperial|yìr]]''''' ‘thing’ → '''''kveyir''''' ‘things’ (not **''kve yìr'') | |||
=====Dual Nouns===== | |||
Some non-masculine nouns, particularly those referring to body parts which come in pairs, use masculine-type reduplication when referring explicitly to the paired sense, and '''''[[Contionary: kve#Modern Standard Imperial|kve]]''''' otherwise. E.g. '''''beblizh''''' specifically means ‘a pair of eyes’ while '''''kve [[Contionary: blizh#Modern Standard Imperial|blizh]]''''' means any ‘eyes’ more generally. | |||