Abstract
The paper analyzes number forms of nouns in the Avar language. It specifies that number is one of the basic grammatical categories to express quantity. Language units have the opposition of singular and plural forms that serves the purpose. The ways of expression of the quantitative relations are not limited to such an invariant. Its variation is expressed in diverse ways and means, such as morphological, lexical and syntactic ones. In linguistics, the issues of the grammatical, lexical nature of the number category are still debated. Its inflectional and derivational status is being discussed. There are also discussions on the content of the category of number in language and in epistemology. The analysis of number forms of nouns in Avar allows for a deeper insight into the specificity of the functioning of the language, and contributes to a more complete revelation of the potential of this grammatical category.
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