sound plural
Meanings
noun
- In Semitic and other Afro-Asiatic languages, a regular plural formed by adding a suffix, without changes to the stem. An example in Arabic is مُسْلِمُونَ (muslimūna, “Muslims”), the plural form of مُسْلِم (muslim, “Muslim”), formed by adding the suffix ـُونَ (-ūna), and مُسْلِمَاتٌ (muslimātun, “Muslim women”), formed by adding the suffix ـَاتٌ (-ātun).
Word forms
Etymology
Calque of Arabic جَمْع سَالِم (jamʕ sālim).
Antonyms
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