Definitions
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- adjective Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
- adjective 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 andplural . - noun grammar a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast
singular ,dual ,trial andplural .
Etymologies
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From Latin paucalis ("few, little"), from paucus, plural pauci ("few, little, a few, the select few, the oligarchs"), from Proto-Indo-European *pau- (“few, little”), + Latin adjective suffix -alis.
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Number is that feature in the grammar of a language that enables us to distinguish quantities, usually countable quantities. singular, dual, trial, plural, paucal etc.
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