sound plural

English

Etymology

Calque of Arabic جَمْع سَالِم (jamʕ sālim, literally “undamaged plural”).

Noun

sound plural (plural sound plurals)

1. (grammar, linguistics) In the Semitic 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).

   Antonym: broken plural

Translations

in Arabic and other languages, regular plural formed by adding a suffix

• Arabic: جَمْع سَالِم m (jamʕ sālim)
• French: pluriel externe m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: plurale sano m
• Persian: please add this translation if you can