count form

noun

count form

noun

Etymology Calque of Bulgarian бро́йна фо́рма (brójna fórma), coined by American linguist Ernest Scatton in 1984 in A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian.

1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences In some Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian and Russian, a distinct plural form taken by certain nouns when explicitly modified by a quantity.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.