Number: number
Number is an inflectional feature of nouns and other parts of speech (determiners, adjectives, prepositions, verbs, etc.) that mark agreement with nouns. Nouns may have different singular and plural forms in each case (see Form for more on the noun declensions).
Verb endings frequently synthesise to show number and person. The first person singular and plural are always synthetic, while the other paradigms (except 3rd person singular) can be synthetic depending on Mood and Tense.
Words can be either singular or plural.
Sing : singular
Plur: plural
Examples
Noun forms in singular and plural for bád (“boat”), fuinneog (“window”), and am (“time”):
| Declension | Case | Singular | Plural |
| First | Nominative | bád | báid |
| First | Genitive | báid | bád |
| Second | Nominative | fuinneog | fuinneoga |
| Second | Genitive | fuinneoige | fuinneog |
| Third | Nominative | am | amanna |
| Third | Genitive | ama | ammana |
Verb Forms for deir (“say”), ól (“drink”), and imigh(“leave”):
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st (present ind.) | Deirim | Deirimid |
| Ólaim | Ólaimid | |
| Imím | Imímid | |
| 2nd (imperative) | Abair | Abraigí |
| Ól | Ólaigí | |
| Imigh | Imígí | |
| 3rd (conditional) | Deirfadh sé | Deirfaidís |
| Ólfadh sé | Ólfaidís | |
| D'imfeadh sé | D'imfidís |
Adjectival agreement:
| Noun Phrase | Singular | Plural | English |
| An duine | áitiúl | "the local person" | |
| Na daoine | áitiúla | "the local people" | |
| focal | béasach | "a polite word" | |
| focail | béasacha | "polite words" |
Treebank Statistics (UD_Irish)
This feature is universal.
It occurs with 2 different values: Plur, Sing.
6094 tokens (44%) have a non-empty value of Number.
2849 types (74%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Number.
1979 lemmas (73%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Number.
The feature is used with 9 part-of-speech tags: ga-pos/NOUN (3270; 24% instances), ga-pos/DET (1006; 7% instances), ga-pos/ADP (695; 5% instances), ga-pos/PROPN (428; 3% instances), ga-pos/PRON (368; 3% instances), ga-pos/ADJ (255; 2% instances), ga-pos/VERB (64; 0% instances), ga-pos/X (6; 0% instances), ga-pos/AUX (2; 0% instances).
NOUN
3270 ga-pos/NOUN tokens (88% of all NOUN tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.
The most frequent other feature values with which NOUN and Number co-occurred: VerbForm=EMPTY (3270; 100%), Definite=EMPTY (2672; 82%), Form=EMPTY (2539; 78%), Case=NomAcc (2530; 77%), Gender=Masc (1996; 61%).
NOUN tokens may have the following values of Number:
Plur(494; 15% of non-emptyNumber): daoine, dhaoine, blianta, rudaí, scrúduithe, nótaí, oibreacha, tithe, Ballstáit, FiontarSing(2776; 85% of non-emptyNumber): rud, duine, bith, leith, féidir, chuid, lá, Dé, níos, oireadEMPTY(460): bheith, chur, dhéanamh, fáil, dul, thabhairt, rá, cur, bhaint, déanamh
| Paradigm duine | Sing | Plur |
|---|---|---|
| Case=Gen|Definite=Def|NounType=Strong | ndaoine | |
| Case=Gen|Form=Ecl|NounType=Strong | ndaoine | |
| Case=Gen | duine | |
| Case=Gen|NounType=Strong | daoine | |
| Case=NomAcc|Definite=Def | duine | daoine |
| Case=NomAcc|Form=Ecl | ndaoine | |
| Case=NomAcc|Form=Len | dhuine | dhaoine |
| Case=NomAcc | duine, éinne | daoine, seandaoine |
| Case=Voc|Definite=Def | dhaoine |
DET
1006 ga-pos/DET tokens (79% of all DET tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.
The most frequent other feature values with which DET and Number co-occurred: Definite=Def (881; 88%), PronType=Art (881; 88%), Case=EMPTY (869; 86%), Gender=EMPTY (804; 80%).
DET tokens may have the following values of Number:
Plur(156; 16% of non-emptyNumber): na, a, árSing(850; 84% of non-emptyNumber): an, na, a, mo, do, ‘n, m’, cén, a’EMPTY(270): seo, sin, aon, eile, gach, cibé, uile, s’, ngach, chuile
| Paradigm na | Sing | Plur |
|---|---|---|
| Case=Gen|Gender=Fem | na | |
| Gender=Fem | na | |
| na |
ADP
695 ga-pos/ADP tokens (31% of all ADP tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.
The most frequent other feature values with which ADP and Number co-occurred: Gender=EMPTY (431; 62%), PronType=EMPTY (426; 61%), Person=3 (369; 53%).
ADP tokens may have the following values of Number:
Plur(145; 21% of non-emptyNumber): acu, ina, sna, orthu, dóibh, leo, againn, díobh, dúinn, dáSing(550; 79% of non-emptyNumber): sa, ann, den, ina, ón, san, air, don, á, dáEMPTY(1545): ar, i, ag, le, de, mar, leis, go, do, chun
| Paradigm i | Sing | Plur |
|---|---|---|
| Gender=Masc|Person=3 | ann | |
| Gender=Masc|Person=3|Poss=Yes | ina | |
| Gender=Fem|Person=3 | inti | |
| Gender=Fem|Person=3|Poss=Yes | ina | |
| Person=1|Poss=Yes | inár | |
| Person=3 | iontu | |
| Person=3|Poss=Yes | ina | |
| PronType=Art | sa, san | sna |
PROPN
428 ga-pos/PROPN tokens (90% of all PROPN tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.
The most frequent other feature values with which PROPN and Number co-occurred: Case=NomAcc (340; 79%), Gender=Masc (331; 77%).
PROPN tokens may have the following values of Number:
Plur(14; 3% of non-emptyNumber): mBaile, Éireannaigh, Doirí, Gaeil, Mí, Rockies, Spáinnigh, hÉireannaigh, ÉireannachSing(414; 97% of non-emptyNumber): Gaeilge, Seán, Átha, Éirinn, Ghaeilge, Bhaile, Chaoin, Mháire, Naomh, PádraigEMPTY(46): Fraince, Cliath, Dara, Fáil, Gaillimhe, Garman, Bernard, Bhríde, Breataine, Casey
| Paradigm Baile | Sing | Plur |
|---|---|---|
| Case=Gen|Form=Ecl | mBaile | |
| Case=Gen|Form=Len | Bhaile | |
| Case=NomAcc | Baile |
Number seems to be lexical feature of PROPN. 99% lemmas (322) occur only with one value of Number.
PRON
368 ga-pos/PRON tokens (74% of all PRON tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.
The most frequent other feature values with which PRON and Number co-occurred: PronType=EMPTY (350; 95%), Person=3 (317; 86%), Gender=Masc (201; 55%).
PRON tokens may have the following values of Number:
Plur(75; 20% of non-emptyNumber): siad, iad, muid, siadsan, sinne, hiad, iadsan, sibhSing(293; 80% of non-emptyNumber): sé, é, sí, mé, í, tú, cén, ea, mise, héEMPTY(128): sin, féin, seo, siúd, cad, shin, san, pé, ceachtar, cheachtar
Number seems to be lexical feature of PRON. 100% lemmas (17) occur only with one value of Number.
ADJ
255 ga-pos/ADJ tokens (37% of all ADJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.
The most frequent other feature values with which ADJ and Number co-occurred: Degree=EMPTY (255; 100%), VerbForm=EMPTY (255; 100%), Case=NomAcc (227; 89%), Gender=Masc (141; 55%).
ADJ tokens may have the following values of Number:
Plur(57; 22% of non-emptyNumber): beaga, éagsúla, aisteacha, lansacha, móra, príomhúla, áirithe, Bheilgeacha, Costasach, FhrancachaSing(198; 78% of non-emptyNumber): mór, mhór, chéanna, beag, fada, éigin, mhaith, ard, deireanach, luachmharEMPTY(438): mó, amháin, maith, déanta, léir, áirithe, fada, mór, bunaithe, háirithe
| Paradigm mór | Sing | Plur |
|---|---|---|
| Case=Gen|Gender=Masc | mhóir | |
| Case=Gen|NounType=Strong | móra | |
| Case=NomAcc|Gender=Masc | mór, ró-mhór, mhór | |
| Case=NomAcc|Gender=Fem | mhór | |
| Case=NomAcc|NounType=NotSlender | móra |
Number seems to be lexical feature of ADJ. 92% lemmas (145) occur only with one value of Number.
VERB
64 ga-pos/VERB tokens (6% of all VERB tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.
The most frequent other feature values with which VERB and Number co-occurred: Voice=EMPTY (64; 100%).
VERB tokens may have the following values of Number:
Plur(19; 30% of non-emptyNumber): bhíodar, Amharcaigí, Bhíomar, Chuiridís, Creidimidne, Fuaireamar, Féachaimis, Sheoladar, Táimid, bheidísSing(45; 70% of non-emptyNumber): déan, faigh, féach, mbeinn, mbínn, Imím, Tabhair, Tá’s, Téigh, TógEMPTY(1035): bhí, tá, raibh, bhfuil, atá, beidh, bheidh, thug, mbeidh, bíonn
| Paradigm bí | Sing | Plur |
|---|---|---|
| Case=NomAcc|Gender=Masc|Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres | Tá's | |
| Form=Ecl|Mood=Cnd|Person=1 | mbeinn | |
| Form=Ecl|Mood=Imp|Person=1|Tense=Past | mbínn | |
| Form=Ecl|Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Past | rabhas | |
| Form=Ecl|Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pres | bhfuilimid | |
| Form=Emp|Mood=Ind|Person=1|PronType=Rel|Tense=Pres | atáimse | |
| Form=Len|Mood=Cnd|Person=2 | bheifeá | |
| Form=Len|Mood=Cnd|Person=3 | bheidís | |
| Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Fut | bheimid | |
| Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Past | bhíos | Bhíomar |
| Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past | bhíodar | |
| Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pres | Táimid |
X
6 ga-pos/X tokens (4% of all X tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.
The most frequent other feature values with which X and Number co-occurred: PronType=EMPTY (6; 100%), Abbr=EMPTY (6; 100%).
X tokens may have the following values of Number:
Sing(6; 100% of non-emptyNumber): dein, fá, chuireas, openEMPTY(145): san, (1), (2), so, (c), (4), (a), (b), Uimh., FÁS
AUX
2 ga-pos/AUX tokens (1% of all AUX tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.
The most frequent other feature values with which AUX and Number co-occurred: Polarity=EMPTY (2; 100%), VerbForm=Cop (2; 100%), Tense=EMPTY (2; 100%), Form=EMPTY (2; 100%).
AUX tokens may have the following values of Number:
Sing(2; 100% of non-emptyNumber): Cén, SéEMPTY(222): is, ba, ní, gur, nach, b’, ar, níor, gurb, an
Relations with Agreement in Number
The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Number:
NOUN –[det]–> DET (747; 71%),
NOUN –[compound]–> NOUN (408; 67%),
NOUN –[amod]–> ADJ (233; 67%),
NOUN –[conj]–> NOUN (145; 77%),
NOUN –[compound]–> PROPN (90; 76%),
NOUN –[nmod:poss]–> DET (77; 66%),
PROPN –[det]–> DET (57; 74%),
PROPN –[compound]–> PROPN (39; 89%),
PROPN –[flat:name]–> PROPN (37; 95%),
NOUN –[nmod]–> PRON (25; 68%).
Number in other languages: [am] [ar] [bg] [bxr] [ca] [ckb] [cop] [cs] [cu] [da] [de] [el] [en] [es] [et] [eu] [fa] [fi] [fo] [fr] [ga] [gl] [got] [grc] [he] [hi] [hr] [hu] [id] [it] [ja] [kk] [kmr] [ko] [la] [lv] [mr] [nl] [no] [pl] [pt] [ro] [ru] [sa] [sk] [sla] [sl] [so] [sr] [sv] [swl] [ta] [tr] [u] [ug] [uk] [ur] [urj] [vi] [yue] [zh]