NumType: numeral type
This feature takes the following values:
| Values: | Card | Frac | Mult | Ord | Sets |
Card: Cardinal numeral
Cardinal numbers can appear pro nomen and as quantifiers. They are rarely used as listing devices, where they are similar to ordinal numbers. In rare cases, the numeral follows the noun.
Examples
- ān se šab “those three nights
- harw se andar dām meh “all three (are) greatest among the creatues”
- aṣ̌əmvohū se guftan “The (prayer) Aṣ̌əmvohū is to be said three (times).”
- mard se “of men three”
Frac: Fraction numeral
Fraction is only used for a word that lexically expresses a fraction.
Examples
- ān ī abartom srišwadag xwānīhēd garōdmān “The highest third is called the Garōdmān paradise.”
The elements of analytic expressions are analysed individually as cardinal numbers:
- nazdist ō se ēk ī ēn zamīg dudīgar ō panǰ ēk ī zamīg “first to one third of this earth, second to one fifth of the earth” (lit.: one of three, one of five)
Mult: Multiplicative numeral
Multiplicative is only used for a word that lexically expresses a multiplicative numeral.
Examples:
- ēwbār “once”
Ord: Ordinal numeral
Ordinal numbers are derived from cardinal numbers by the suffix -om. The first four numbers show irregular or suppletive forms.
Examples:
- “first”: fradom, nazdist (nearest), naxwist (earliest)
- “second”: dōwom, dudīgar, dudom
- “third”: seyom, sidīgar
- “fourth”: čahārom, tasom
Sets: Sets
If a word meaning “pair” is used as a quantifier.
Examples:
- ǰuxt “pair”
NumType in other languages: [axm] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [el] [en] [es] [fi] [fr] [ga] [hu] [hy] [it] [ka] [kk] [koi] [kpv] [ky] [mdf] [myv] [naq] [oge] [pal] [pcm] [qpm] [sl] [sme] [sv] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urj] [uz] [xav] [xcl] [xmf]