A ( named a, plural aes ) is the first letter and vowel in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.

The abacus ( plural abaci or abacuses ), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool used primarily in parts of Asia for performing arithmetic processes.

The preferred plural of abacus is a subject of disagreement, with both abacuses and abaci in use.

Specifically, is the neuter plural of, an adjective related to the verb ἀποκρύπτω ἀποκρύπτειν ( apocriptein ), " to hide something away.

An acropolis (; akros, akron, edge, extremity + polis, city ; plural: acropoleis or acropolises ) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground — frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen for purposes of defense.

The term " Almoravid " comes from the Arabic " al-Murabitun " () which is the plural form of " al-Murabit " literally meaning " One who is tying " but figuratively means " one who is ready for battle at a fortress ".

Arthritis ( from Greek arthro -, joint +-itis, inflammation ; plural: arthritides ) is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints.

In BrE, collective nouns can take either singular ( formal agreement ) or plural ( notional agreement ) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively ; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.

Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both AmE and BrE ; for example, The Beatles are a well-known band ; The Saints are the champions, with one major exception: largely for historical reasons, in American English, the United States is is almost universal.

( plural ), the term used to identify those who practice Ásatrú is a compound with ( Old Norse ) " man ".

In English usage, the genitive " of Æsir faith " is often used on its own to denote adherents ( both singular and plural ).

A Goði or Gothi ( plural goðar ) is the historical Old Norse term for a priest and chieftain in Norse paganism.

The Western suffix-e is from the Classical singular and the Eastern suffix-its is from the Classical plural ; both have been generalized for singular and plural in the dialects that use them.

In ancient Roman religion, an aedicula ( plural aediculae ) is a small shrine.

Amphisbaena (, plural: amphisbaenae ), amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, amphivena, or anphivena ( the last two being feminine ), a Greek word, from amphis, meaning " both ways ", and bainein, meaning " to go ", also called the Mother of Ants, is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end.

The currency of the country is the lev ( plural leva ), pegged to the euro at a rate of 1. 95583 leva for 1 euro.

The fruit is a peculiar kind of capsule named siliqua ( plural siliquae, American English silique / siliques ).

The Boii ( Latin plural, singular Boius ; Greek ) were one of the most prominent ancient Celtic tribes of the later Iron Age, attested at various times in Cisalpine Gaul ( northern Italy ), Pannonia ( Hungary and its western neighbours ), in and around Bohemia, and Transalpine Gaul.

First attested in English 1664, the word " celery " derives from the French céleri, in turn from Italian seleri, the plural of selero, which comes from Late Latin selinon, the latinisation of the Greek σέλινον ( selinon ), " parsley ".

Elb ( m, plural Elbe or Elben ) is a reconstructed term, while Elbe ( f ) is attested in Middle High German.

Pronouns show distinctions in person ( 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ), number ( singular, dual, and plural in the ancient language ; singular and plural alone in later stages ), and gender ( masculine, feminine, and neuter ), and decline for case ( from six cases in the earliest forms attested to four in the modern language ).

Æsir is the plural of áss, óss " god " ( gen. āsir ) which is attested in other Germanic languages, eg., Old English ōs ( gen. pl.

The word is likely derived from the plural form of the Bulgarian title boila (" noble "), bolyare, which is attested in Bulgar inscriptions and rendered as boilades or boliades in the Greek of Byzantine documents.

The plural chads is attested from about 1939, along with chadless, meaning without chad.

Additionally, the name is attested several times in the plural, for example: nominative plural Lugoues in a single-word ( and potentially Gaulish ) inscription from Avenches, Switzerland, and dative plural in a well known Latin inscription from Uxama ( Osma ), Spain:

The name of the early English goddess is attested only in the name of the weekday, although frīg ( strong feminine ) as a common noun meaning " love " ( in the singular ) or " affections, embraces " ( in the plural ) is attested in poetry.

Nonetheless, the question of what the Latin plural of virus would have been turns out not to be straightforward, as no plural form is attested in extant Latin literature.

An aulos (, plural, auloi ) or tibia ( Latin ) was an ancient Greek wind instrument, depicted often in art and also attested by archaeology.

This term is attested as early as the seventeenth century, where it was usually spelled " Mobili " ( plural Mobilis ).

11 ) identifies Old Norse Baldr with the Old High German Baldere ( 2nd Merseburg Charm, Thuringia ), Palter ( theonym, Bavaria ), Paltar ( personal name ) and with Old English bealdor, baldor " lord, prince, king " ( used always with a genitive plural, as in gumena baldor " lord of men ", wigena baldor " lord of warriors ", et cetera ).

A die ( plural dice, from Old French dé, from Latin datum " something which is given or played ") is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers.

A draugr, draug or ( Icelandic ) draugur ( original Old Norse plural draugar, as used here, not " draugrs "), or draugen ( Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, meaning " the draug "), also known as aptrganga (" afturgöngur " in modern Icelandic ) ( literally " after-walker ", or " one who walks after death ") is an undead creature from Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology.

The article is never regarded as declined in Modern English, although technically the words this and that, and their plural forms these and those, are modern forms of the as it was declined in Old English.

Alb, Alp ( m ), plural Alpe has the meaning of " incubus " ( Old High German alp, plural * alpî or * elpî ).

Very little material concerning elves or elben survives in Old High German beyond the mere noun form alp, plural alpî, elpî.

The term Edda ( Old Norse Edda, plural Eddur ) applies to the Old Norse Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, both of which were written down in Iceland during the 13th century in Icelandic, although they contain material from earlier traditional sources, reaching into the Viking Age.

The Norns ( Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir ) in Norse mythology are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men, a kind of dísir comparable to the Fates in Greek mythology.

Normandy (, pronounced, Norman: Nourmaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normand, originally from the word for " northman " in several Scandinavian languages ) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy.

Under the District Councils Act 1895, The Maldens & Coombe Urban District Council was created ( the plural relating to Old Malden and New Malden ).

Old Norse Týr, literally " god ", plural tívar " gods ", comes from Proto-Germanic * ( cf.

Old Irish tuath ( plural tuatha ) means " people, tribe, nation "; and dé is the genitive case of día, " god, goddess, supernatural being, object of worship " ( they are often referred to simply as the Tuatha Dé, a phrase also used to refer to the Israelites in early Irish Christian texts ).

The word wharf comes from the Old English hwearf, meaning " bank " or " shore ", and its plural is either wharfs or wharves ; collectively a group of these is referred to as a wharfing or wharfage.

In Old Norse, ( or, plural ; feminine, plural ) is the term denoting a member of the principal pantheon in the indigenous European religion known as Norse paganism.

The cognate term in Old English is ( plural ) denoting a deity in Anglo-Saxon paganism.

The Old High German is, plural.

The cognate Old English form to is, preserved only as a prefix in personal names ( e. g. Oscar, Osborne, Oswald ) and some place names, and as the genitive plural ( and, " the shots of anses and of elves ", ).