English Explanatory Dictionary

count form

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In some Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian and Russian, a distinct plural form taken by certain nouns when explicitly modified by a quantity.

Word forms

count form count forms

Etymology

Calque of Bulgarian бро́йна фо́рма (brójna fórma), coined by American linguist Ernest Scatton in 1984 in A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian.

Synonyms

count plural quantitative plural
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