Persian

This page is dedicated to the documentation of the technical decisions concerning Persian in the UNLframework.

Nouns

Nouns, in Persian, have the following inflectional schema:

• SNG (singular)
• PLR (plural)

Examples

M2 (PLR

=>"‌ها";)

SNG:=0>"";

PLR:=0>"‌ها";

Examples: کاسه>کاسه‌ها; پسر>پسرها; رادیو>رادیوها;

M3 (PLR

=>"ان";)

SNG:=0>"";

PLR:=0>"ان";

Examples: مرد>مردان; زن>زنان; فرزند>فرزندان;

Most Persian nouns have more than one plural form. Example: پسر>پسرها>پسران, معلم>معلمان>معلمین>معلم‌ها, منطقه>منطقه‌ها>مناطق The most frequent plural form of a noun is considered as an inflectional paradigm and the less frequent, as an inflectional rule. Ex: پسر Inflection: M3:PLR:=>"ان"; Inflectional Rules: PLR&ALT:=>"‌ها";