"double plural" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: double plurals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double plural (plural double plurals)
  1. (grammar) A word doubly inflected for the plural grammatical number in relation to its singular form; e.g., medium → media → medias. Wikipedia link: double plural Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (doubly inflected plural): جَمْع الْجَمْع (jamʕ al-jamʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), adliester [masculine] (Breton), stapelmeervoud [neuter] (Dutch), جمعالجمع (jam'o-ljam') (Persian)

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