Paral

In linguistics , the paral (lat. Paralis ) denotes a number that expresses a naturally given occurrence in pairs, such as eyes, hands, shoes, etc., in contrast to the dual , which simply means any arbitrary, i.e. also random, duality.

Most languages know no difference between dual and paral, but either only a dual that can also be used paral, or only a paral, which then often goes back to remnants of an old dual (such as Hebrew ), or no special at all Name of the two number.

There are separate forms for both the dual and the paral in Tocharian .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Wolfgang Krause, Tocharisch , published as the third section of the 4th volume: Iranian Studies of the First Division: The Near and Middle East of the Handbook of Oriental Studies , ed. v. B. Spuler, photomechanical reprint with corrections, Leiden / Cologne 1971, p. 15

[Krause-1] Wolfgang Krause, Tocharisch , published as the third section of the 4th volume: Iranian Studies of the First Division: The Near and Middle East of the Handbook of Oriental Studies , ed. v. B. Spuler, photomechanical reprint with corrections, Leiden / Cologne 1971, p. 15