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English
Etymology
Calque of Bulgarian бро́йна фо́рма (brójna fórma), coined by American linguist Ernest Scatton in 1984 in A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian.
Noun
count form (plural count forms)
- (grammar) In some Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian and Russian, a distinct plural form taken by certain nouns when explicitly modified by a quantity.
- Synonyms: count plural, quantitative plural
Translations
References
- ^ Scatton, Ernest (1984) A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian, Slavica Publishers.