count form

English

Etymology

Calque of Bulgarian бро́йна фо́рма (brójna fórma), coined by American linguist Ernest Scatton in 1984 in A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian.[1]

Noun

count form (plural count forms)

  1. (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

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References

  1. ^ Scatton, Ernest (1984) A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian‎[1], Slavica Publishers.
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