Plurals by changing the pattern

Many nouns form their plural by reshaping the word internally rather than adding a suffix.

📊 Common broken-plural patterns

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Patterns must be memorized

There is no single rule; the plural pattern is learned with each word.

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Broken plurals also take feminine-singular agreement

Like sound plurals of things, broken plurals of non-humans agree as feminine singular.

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