Template:ar-coll-noun/documentation
This template is for Arabic collective nouns (nouns which are grammatically singular but have a plural meaning, and where the equivalent feminine noun has a singulative meaning). The equivalent feminine noun, with singulative meaning, should use {{ar-sing-noun}}
. See شجر for an example of a collective noun that uses many of the parameters below.
Parameters
edit1=
andhead2=
,head3=
...- Overrides the displayed headword. This should be used to provide the vocalized equivalent of page name (i.e. with vowel diacritics). Should always be included.
- Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible vocalized equivalents of page name.
tr=
andtr2=
,tr3=
...- Transliteration. Normally unnecessary if the vocalized form was already provided, as it will be automatically derived. But see comments in
{{ar-noun}}
about irregular spellings of borrowed nouns and consequent need to specify transliterations (see also Wiktionary:About Arabic#Romanization). - If multiple vocalised variants of the page name were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered
trN=
parameter. 2=, g=
- Gender: m or f or mf (rare).
sing=
- Singulative form, with vowel diacritics if known.
singtr=
- Transliteration of singulative. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
singg=
- Gender of the singulative.
d=
andd2=
,d3=
...- Dual form, with vowel diacritics if known.
- Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible dual forms.
dtr=
andd2tr=
,d3tr=
...- Transliteration of dual. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
- If multiple dual forms were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered
dNtr=
parameter. pauc=
andpauc2=
,pauc3=
...- Paucal form, with vowel diacritics if known.
- Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible paucal forms.
pauctr=
andpauc2tr=
,pauc3tr=
...- Transliteration of paucal. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
- If multiple paucal forms were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered
paucNtr=
parameter. pl=
andpl2=
,pl3=
...- Plural form, with vowel diacritics if known. If the noun has no plural, use
pl=-
. - Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible plural forms.
pltr=
andpl2tr=
,pl3tr=
...- Transliteration of plural. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
- If multiple plural forms were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered
plNtr=
parameter.