different between paucal vs nullar

English

Etymology

From Latin pauc?lis (“few, little”), from paucus, plural pauc? (“few, little, a few, the select few, the oligarchs”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?w- (“few, little”), + Latin adjective suffix -?lis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??k?l/
• (US) enPR: pä?k?l, IPA^(key): /?p?k?l/

Adjective

paucal (not comparable)

1. Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
2. (grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural.

   first-person paucal

   paucal number

   paucal and plural pronouns

3. (linguistics) Expressing a relatively small quantity or degree.

   Antonym: multal

Antonyms

• (few): multiple

Translations

Noun

paucal (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural.

Derived terms

• paucality

Translations

Related terms

See also

• (grammatical numbers) grammatical number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural ^{(Category: en:Grammar)}

References

• paucal at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.kal/

Adjective

paucal (feminine singular paucale, masculine plural paucaux, feminine plural paucales)

1. paucal

English

Etymology

null +? -ar

Adjective

nullar (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to none of something; compare singular used for one and plural for more than one.

Usage notes

It is generally believed that no natural language uses true nullar number except when the noun is omitted; thus no noun ever takes on a nullar form.

Related terms

• dual
• paucal
• plural
• singular
• singulative
• trial

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nullar m

1. indefinite plural of null

Verb

nullar

1. present tense of nulla and nulle