Category:English irregular plurals

From Fresh Dictionary

This category lists English nouns whose plural is formed irregularly with respect to spelling: It includes the singulars of all English nouns except those that:

• are symbols or letters and form their plural by adding -s or -’s
• are not proper nouns, end in a consonant + y, and form their plural by removing the -y and adding -ies
• end in a sibilant (one of [s], [ʃ], [z], [ʒ]) and form their plural by adding -es
• are not subject to one of the above rules and form their plural by adding -s

Words lacking articles

alula (alulae) ampulla (ampullae) arsis (arses) as (aesir) [from Norwegian; meaning god] ascus (asci) chlepsydra coccus (cocci) congressman (congressmen) convolvulus (convolvuses, convolvi) diesis dentalium epistasis (epistases) erg (arag) [from Arabic; meaning sand dune] fascis ? governor-general, governor general insigne

kobzar matzo, matso, matzah, motsa, motso, matzo, matza, matzho, matzoh, mazzah, mao, motza, mozza (matsot, matsoth, matzot, matzoth, (irreg.) matzoths, mazzot, mazzoth) oblast panino papula (papulae) penman (penmen) phasis (phases, phasies) phimosis sensillum (sensilla, sensillae, sensillæ) streptococcus (streptococci) striatum (striata) thelium titman (titmen) tussis (tusses) vibrissa vivarium

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