Assertion: noun's plural | /r/HasProperty | formed
Facets:
value: from the singular
type: OTHER
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: by adding /s/.
type: MANNER
value: from them
type: OTHER
value: by adding /ɪz/
type: MANNER
value: by adding n
type: MANNER
value: by adding es
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The singular form is the lemma (the form found in dictionaries or base form), and the plural of the majority of words is formed by adding -s if the lemma ends in an unstressed vowel or stressed -é, or -es if it ends with a consonant or stressed vowel other than -é.
text: Where a noun ends in a sibilant sound, the plural is formed by adding es (pronounced [?
text: The plural of a few Germanic nouns can also be formed from the singular by adding n or en, stemming from the obsolete weak declension: ox makes oxen; child, children.
text: The plural is sometimes formed by simply changing the vowel sound of the singular, in a process called umlaut (these are sometimes called mutated plurals): foot makes feet; goose, geese; louse, lice; man, men; mouse, mice; tooth, teeth; woman, women.
text: The Hebrew plurals cherubim and seraphim, being sometimes mistaken for singulars, other plurals have been formed from them.
text: /tʃ/ or /dʒ/—the plural is formed by adding /ɪz/ or /əz/ (in some transcription systems, this is abbreviated as /ᵻz/).
text: —the plural is formed by adding /s/.
text: The plurals of a few nouns are formed from the singular by adding -n or -en, stemming from the Old English weak declension.
text: The plural is sometimes formed by simply changing the vowel sound of the singular (these are sometimes called mutated plurals):