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ar-coll-noun m (collective)
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This template is for Arabic collective nouns (nouns which are grammatically singular but have a plural meaning, and where the equivalent feminine noun has a singulative meaning). The equivalent feminine noun, with singulative meaning, should use {{ar-sing-noun}}. See شجر for an example of a collective noun that uses many of the parameters below.
Parameters
1= and head2=, head3= ...- Overrides the displayed headword. This should be used to provide the vocalized equivalent of page name (i.e. with vowel diacritics). Should always be included.
- Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible vocalized equivalents of page name.
tr= and tr2=, tr3= ...- Transliteration. Normally unnecessary if the vocalized form was already provided, as it will be automatically derived. But see comments in
{{ar-noun}} about irregular spellings of borrowed nouns and consequent need to specify transliterations (see also Wiktionary:About Arabic#Romanization).
- If multiple vocalised variants of the page name were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered
trN= parameter.
2=, g=- Gender: m or f or mf (rare).
sing=- Singulative form, with vowel diacritics if known.
singtr=- Transliteration of singulative. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
singg=- Gender of the singulative.
d= and d2=, d3= ...- Dual form, with vowel diacritics if known.
- Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible dual forms.
dtr= and d2tr=, d3tr= ...- Transliteration of dual. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
- If multiple dual forms were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered
dNtr= parameter.
pauc= and pauc2=, pauc3= ...- Paucal form, with vowel diacritics if known.
- Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible paucal forms.
pauctr= and pauc2tr=, pauc3tr= ...- Transliteration of paucal. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
- If multiple paucal forms were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered
paucNtr= parameter.
pl= and pl2=, pl3= ...- Plural form, with vowel diacritics if known. If the noun has no plural, use
pl=-.
- Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible plural forms.
pltr= and pl2tr=, pl3tr= ...- Transliteration of plural. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
- If multiple plural forms were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered
plNtr= parameter.