paucal
English
Etymology
From Latin paucalis (“few, little”), from paucus, plural pauci (“few, little, a few, the select few, the oligarchs”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little”), + Latin adjective suffix -alis.
Adjective
paucal (not comparable)
- Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
- (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 and plural.
- first-person paucal
- paucal number
- paucal and plural pronouns
Antonyms
- (few): multiple
Translations
Noun
paucal (uncountable)
Derived terms
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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/few' title='few'>few</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/paucal' title='paucal'>paucal</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/paucality' title='paucality'>paucality</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pauce' title='pauce'>pauce</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pauci-' title='pauci-'>pauci-</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/paucity' title='paucity'>paucity</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pauper' title='pauper'>pauper</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pauperism' title='pauperism'>pauperism</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pauperize' title='pauperize'>pauperize</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/poor' title='poor'>poor</a>
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