Re: Nouns for things that occur in pairs
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Sunday, May 25, 2008, 14:18 |
|---|
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 4:09 AM, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> wrote:
> if something belongs to a set that naturally came in
> twos, then the plural is treated as a feminine singular. This is
> Arabic, and it goes for eyes, legs, hands, arms, etc.
I thought that Arabic could treat plurals as a feminine singular in
general? And that it also had a dual number?
Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Reply