dual

grammatical number indicating two items
Thing grammatical_number Q110022
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Summary

dual draws 1,085 Wikipedia views per month (grammatical_number category, ranking #1 of 7).[1]

Key Facts

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

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Definition and Type

dual is a type of grammatical number[2].

Use and Application

Components include feminine dual[3], masculine dual[4], first-person dual[5], second-person dual[6], and third-person dual[7].

Why It Matters

dual draws 1,085 Wikipedia views per month (grammatical_number category, ranking #1 of 7).[1] dual has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] dual is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . eva.mpg.de. Retrieved . eva.mpg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 44
    Instance of → —
    Equivalent class → http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/DualNumber, http://purl.org/olia/olia.owl#Dual, http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#dual
    Exact match → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Equivalent class: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133091597"
  2. 26d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/DualNumber, http://purl.org/olia/olia.owl#Dual, http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#dual
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133091597"
  3. 12w 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 → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 5339, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477795|DUAL (#167477795)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix"
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