paucal

Meanings

Adjective

• Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
• Pertaining to a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural.
• Expressing a relatively small quantity or degree.

Noun

• A language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural.

Related

Opposite words

• multiple

Origin

• From Latin paucālis ("few, little"), from paucus, plural paucī, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ("few, little"), + Latin adjective suffix -ālis.