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broken plural
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Japanese Meaning
セム語などのアフロ・アジア語族に見られる、不規則な複数形の形態で、単数形の内部の子音や母音の配置を変えることによって形成される活用形です。
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An irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels inside the singular form, found in the Semitic languages and other Afroasiatic languages such as Berber. An example in Arabic is مَكَاتِب (makātib, “desks”), the plural form of مَكْتَب (maktab, “desk”).
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In the course, the professor explained how the broken plural operates in Arabic to illustrate nonconcatenative morphology.
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In the course, the professor explained how the broken plural operates in Arabic to illustrate nonconcatenative morphology.
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