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inverse number

inverse number noun: describes a morphophonological relationship between two grammatical number categories X and Y and two declension classes A and B such that the X form in A is to the Y form in A as the Y form in B is to the X form in B.

Noun

inverse number (uncountable)

  1. Describes a morphophonological relationship between two grammatical number categories X and Y and two declension classes A and B such that the X form in A is to the Y form in A as the Y form in B is to the X form in B.
    • One example of inverse number in the proto-language is how the first declension featured a singular suffix -i and a plural suffix -u, meanwhile the second declension had a singular suffix -u and a plural suffix -i.
    • Nowadays, only the nothern dialect retains inverse number.

Questions about inverse number

What does inverse number mean?
Inverse number means describes a morphophonological relationship between two grammatical number categories X and Y and two declension classes A and B such that the X form in A is to the Y form in A as the Y form in B is to the X form in B.
What part of speech is inverse number?
Inverse number is a noun.

Words near inverse number in the dictionary

  1. inverse limit
  2. inverse limits
  3. inverse matrices
  4. inverse matrix
  5. inverse matrixes
  6. inverse number
  7. inverse proportion
  8. inverse Pythagorean theorem
  9. inverse semigroup
  10. inverse semigroups
  11. inverse sine

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