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count form

count form noun: in some Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian and Russian, a distinct plural form taken by certain nouns when explicitly modified by a quantity.

Noun

count form (plural count forms)

  1. 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

Synonyms of count form

Forms of count form

pluralcount forms

Origin of count form

Calque of Bulgarian бро́йна фо́рма (brójna fórma), coined by American linguist Ernest Scatton in 1984 in A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian.

Questions about count form

What does count form mean?
Count form means in some Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian and Russian, a distinct plural form taken by certain nouns when explicitly modified by a quantity.
What part of speech is count form?
Count form is a noun.
What is the plural of count form?
The plural of count form is count forms.

Words near count form in the dictionary

  1. count circles
  2. count coup
  3. count down
  4. count downs
  5. Count Dracula
  6. count form
  7. count forms
  8. count in
  9. count noses
  10. count noun
  11. count nouns

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