dual

grammatical number indicating two items
Thing grammatical_number Q110022
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dual

Summary

dual is a grammatical number[1]. dual draws 2,959 Wikipedia views per month (grammatical_number category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • dual's instance of is recorded as grammatical number[3].
  • dual is a type of plural[4].
  • dual comprises feminine dual[5].
  • dual comprises masculine dual[6].
  • dual comprises first-person dual[7].
  • dual comprises second-person dual[8].
  • dual comprises third-person dual[9].
  • dual's described at URL is recorded as https://universaldependencies.org/u/feat/Number.html#dual-dual-number[10].
  • dual's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[11].
  • dual's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • dual's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • dual's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14].
  • dual's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/DualNumber[15].
  • dual's equivalent class is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133091597[16].
  • dual's short name is recorded as DU[17].
  • dual's different from is recorded as paral[18].
  • dual's different from is recorded as split-complex number[19].
  • dual's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#dual[20].

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Definition and Type

dual's instance of is recorded as grammatical number[3]. dual is a type of plural[4].

Use and Application

Components include feminine dual[5], masculine dual[6], first-person dual[7], second-person dual[8], and third-person dual[9].

Why It Matters

dual draws 2,959 Wikipedia views per month (grammatical_number category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] dual has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] dual is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/DualNumber, http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133091597
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133091597"
  2. 9w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Jewish encyclopedia id 5339
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
    Instance of grammatical number
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 5339, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477795|DUAL (#167477795)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'n'm"
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