Lump sum

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The paucal (from Latin pauci 'few' ) designates a number in grammar and represents a "small" plural. Similar to this, it does not define a clearly defined amount - unlike, for example, singular (singular) or dual (two-number), but is used to denote small amounts.

It can be found in Standard Arabic , for example . There, some nouns form two plural forms, one for three to ten objects ( pluralis paupertatis in European Arabic grammar , thus called "poverty plural"), another for larger numbers. It is also used in Iraqi Arabic .

In Amharic , the timpani has its own ending.

In Serbian there is a lump sum form that is used after the numbers two, three and four. Since in this language the genitive comes after numerals (“five of men”), only the genitive form of this timpani appears.

In German z. B. the indication "a few [things]" Timpani function.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michel Neyreneuf, Ghalib Al-Hakkak, Grammaire active de l'arabe littéral , Paris 1996, p. 83.