sound plural

English

Etymology

Calque of Arabic جَمْع سَالِم‎ (jamʿ sālim, literally “undamaged plural”).

Noun

sound plural (plural sound plurals)

(grammar, linguistics) In the Semitic languages, a regular plural formed by adding a suffix, without changes to the stem. An example in Arabic is مُسْلِمُونَ‎ (muslimūna, “Muslims”), the plural form of مُسْلِم‎ (muslim, “Muslim”), formed by adding the suffix ـُونَ‎ (-ūna), and مُسْلِمَاتٌ‎ (muslimātun, “Muslim women”), formed by adding the suffix ـَاتٌ‎ (-ātun).
Antonym: broken plural

Translations

in Arabic and other languages, regular plural formed by adding a suffix

Arabic: جَمْع سَالِم‎ m (jamʿ sālim)
French: pluriel externe m

Italian: plurale sano m
Persian: please add this translation if you can

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