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Множественное число существительныхPlurals of Nouns |
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Особые случаи образования множественного числа имен существительных (дополнение к Множественному числу имен существительных)
1. Существительные, оканчивающиеся на:
formula - formulae, antenna - antennae, vertebra - vertebrae, etc.
curriculum - curricula, memorandum - memoranda, stratum - strata, addendum - addenda, bacterium - bacteria, medium - media, aquarium - aquaria, symposium - symposia, datum - data, maximum - maxima, millennium - millennia, spectrum - spectra.
crisis - crises, analysis - analyses, axis - axes, diagnosis - diagnoses, ellipsis - ellipses, hypothesis - hypotheses, oasis - oases, parenthesis - parentheses, synopsis - synopses, thesis - theses, basis - bases, etc.
locus - loci, teminus - termini, cactus - cacti /cactuses, stimulus - stimuli, syllabus - syllabi / syllabuses, alumnus - alumni, calculs - calculi, etc.
codex - codices, index - indices, appendix - appendices, matrix - matrices, etc.
automation - automata, criterion - criteria, phenomenon - phenomena, etc.
2. Существительные, имеющие одинаковую форму единственного и множественного числа: sheep - sheep, deer - deer, grouse - grouse, plaice - plaice, salmon - salmon, pike - pike, trout - trout, carp - carp, moose - moose, fish - fish, cod - cod, series - series, species - species, means - means, (gas)works - (gas)works, barracks - barracks, headquarters - headquarters.
3. Сложные существительные
notary public - notaries public, passer-by - passers-by, mother-in-law - mothers-in-law, man-of-war - men-of-war, coat-of-mail - coats-of-mail, court-martial - courts-martial, commader-in-chief - commanders-in-chief.
boy-friend - boy-friends, fountain-pen - fountain-pens, grown-up - grown-ups, assistant director - assistant directors, attorney general - attorney generals, mouthful - mouthfuls, spoonful - spoonfuls, room-mate - room-mates, breakdown - breakdowns, overall - overalls, sit-in - sit-ins, stand-by - stand-bys, take-off - take-offs, forget-me-not - forget-me-nots, merry-go-round - merry-go-rounds, postman - postmen, englishman - englishmen, writing-table - writing-tables.
4. Вспомним существительные-исключения - irregular plurals: man - men, woman - women, foot - feet, tooth - teeth, louse, lice, mouse - mice, child - children, goose - geese, sheep - sheep, deer - deer, fish - fish, trout - trout, ox - oxen, swine - swine, salmon - salmon, spacecraft - spacecraft, means - means, species - species, series - series, etc.
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