"broken plural" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: broken plurals [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Arabic جَمْع مُكَسَّر (jamʕ mukassar). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ar|جَمْع مُكَسَّر}} Calque of Arabic جَمْع مُكَسَّر (jamʕ mukassar) Head templates: {{en-noun}} broken plural (plural broken plurals)
  1. An irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels inside the singular form, found in the Semitic languages and other Afroasiatic languages such as Berber. An example in Arabic is مَكَاتِب (makātib, “desks”), the plural form of مَكْتَب (maktab, “desk”). Wikipedia link: broken plural Categories (topical): Semitic linguistics Translations (in Arabic and other languages, irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels): جَمْع تَكْسِير (jamʕ taksīr) [masculine] (Arabic), جَمْع مُكَسَّر (jamʕ mukassar) [masculine] (Arabic), pluriel brisé [masculine] (French), pluriel interne [masculine] (French), gebrochener Plural (German), plurale fratto [masculine] (Italian), جَمِع مُکَسَر (jame mokassar) (Persian)

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