• Nonvirile

    Origin

    - + virile

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    Full definition of nonvirile

    Adjective

    nonvirile

    1. Not virile.
    2. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine inanimate, feminine and neuter nouns.
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      • The nonvirile form is used for nouns of masculine gender not referring to human beings and for neuter and feminine gender nouns. ... Numerals from five through ten distinguish between two forms: the form for virile gender nouns and the form for nonvirile gender nouns which the numerals quantify.

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