Grammatical number Grammatical number In linguistics, collective number is a number referring to a set of things. Languages that have this feature can use it to get a phrase like 'flock of sheep' by using 'sheep' in collective number. ...more on Wikipedia about "Collective number"
Dual is the grammatical number used for two referents. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dual (grammatical number)"
Number, in linguistics, is a morphological grammatical category used to express the quantity of referents (which are often identified by nouns). ...more on Wikipedia about "Grammatical number"
In grammar, nullar number refers to where nouns take a special form when referring to zero objects. This is similar to how in the English language, one form (the singular) is used for only one object, and another form (the plural) is used for more than one objects. However, in some other languages, e.g. Latvian, there is another form as well as singular and plural, the nullar, used for zero objects. So in Latvian, the singular is used for one object, the plural for more than one object, the nullar for zero objects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nullar number"
In linguistics, paucal is a number that specifies 'a few' things. This is in contrast to singular (1 thing), dual (2 things), trial (3 things), plural (many things), collective (a set of things), singulative plural (one thing composed from many pieces). ...more on Wikipedia about "Paucal (grammatical number)"
Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Plural"
In linguistics, the trial grammatical number is a grammatical number referring to 'three things', as opposed to 'singular' and 'plural'. Trial linguistic structures do not exist in English, nor do dual numbers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trial (grammatical number)" Things go better with shortopedia.
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