In the Russian language, most nouns - is a subject amenable account.They may be used in combination with quantitative numerals.Such forms of nouns have two numbers: singular and plural: the table - tables, parties - cloud - a cloud.These forms have different end and a different combination with other parts of speech.
value plurals of nouns
If a single number is used to refer to a single object of a series of similar, the plural refers to the set of homogeneous items.
mechanism of formation of plural
In most cases, the end of plural nouns - is s, s and s, -ya, for example, the trunk - trunks, the girl - a girl - a place, wood - trees.In some cases, producing the basis of an alternation or loss / vowel: friend - friends Wreath - Wreaths, piece - pieces.
Note that the singular nouns of each of the three kinds have different endings.Plural obscures generic features, so, for example, nouns wall, night, village feminine and stump table knife masculine are in this situation is identical to the end walls, the night, the village and the stumps, tables, knives.This reflects the economy of language means, as in this case, the main thing - to show the number of objects, not their gender.
Features plurals of some words
In Russian, there is a group of nouns, whose existence and formation of plural depends on the individual in this case the word (knee, bottom, poker, etc.).For example, the meaning of "lower wall something" at the bottom of the plural keywords is shaped bottoms.The importance of the river bottom, bottom of the sea from the word plural forms do not exist.
nouns without plural
Some nouns denote the multiplicity of the singular form.At these words in the Russian language does not form the plural.It nouns
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material (milk, cereals, oil, silk, velvet, gold, copper, and others.);
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collective (mankind, students, rags, leaves);
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abstract (patience, pressure, virginity, goodness);
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own (Moscow, Carpathians, Naberezhnye Chelny).
There are cases of the use of words from this list in the plural: cheeses, cereals, sausages and others. But the plural indicates rather different varieties, rather than the number, for example: "Dairy factory produces various types of cheese."
Nouns used only in the plural
In contrast, the noun does not form the plural, in the language there are words that exist only in the plural form.It nouns
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abstract (twilight vacation);
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real (cream soup);
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names of some games (hide-chess);
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items, including several pieces (scissors, pants, jeans, scales, etc..).
