Plural of proverb

regular plural

The plural of proverb is proverbs.

Forms of proverb

This present volume also contains many phrases and sayings which are not strictly proverbs as we use the term today, although we may still think of them as such.2021 [1996], Colin S.K. Walker, Scottish Proverbs, Edinburgh, Scotland: Birlinn, →ISBN
Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.From the entry come down
The grammar of Esperanto provides good opportunities to create pithy and catchy PUs, especially proverbs.2015, Sabine Fiedler, “Esperanto Phraseology”, in Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, volume 13, number 2, →DOI, page 255. From the entry tableword
Proverbs 19:2 states that it is not good to have zeal without knowledge.2014, David Wesley, A Common Mission, →ISBN. From the entry zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
These perverbs are consistent with the cognitive view's emphasis on the theoretical import of idiosyncratic proverbs.2013, Richard P. Honeck, A Proverb in Mind: The Cognitive Science of Proverbial Wit and Wisdom, page 186. From the entry perverb

noun A commonly used sentence expressing popular wisdom.
noun Any commonly used turn of phrase expressing a metaphor, simile, or descriptive epithet.
noun A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.

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