Plurals: Other Irregular Forms — Words Only

Nouns with unusual plurals not covered elsewhere: suppletive forms (COW → KINE), -VES/-EVES (ELF → ELVES), and -EN/-REN/-LDREN (OX → OXEN)

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219 words

BIZ COZ CUZ ELF EYE FEZ FIZ GET LEK LEX LEZ NIX OAF REZ WIZ AMBO BEEF BIRR CALF
CORF DOSA FOOT GIGA HALF HOMO HOOF HOSE KUNA LEAF LIFE LIPA LIRA LOAF OWSE OYES
PLUS PONS ROTL SELF SHOE SHUL SIDH SOCK SPAZ TURF WIFE WOLF ARROZ ATLAS CHILD
DONNA DUMKA EIDOS EQUES EYRIR FRONS GADJO GLANS GOOSE GROSZ INCUS KNIFE KRONA
KRONE LITAS LOTTA LOUSE MATER MENSH MONAS MONEY MOUSE PAISA PEASE REMEX SCARF
SCHUL SENTE SHELF TERES THIEF TOOTH TORTE ANLAGE ARMFUL BAGFUL BEHALF BEHOOF
CANFUL CENTAS CUPFUL DEIXES DIPSAS DJINNI DJINNY GROSZE HALIER HATFUL HICKEY
JARFUL JINNEE JUGFUL KORUNA LARYNX MENSCH MUSKOX PARIES SHTETL SPHINX URTEXT
AHADITH ALEWIFE BROTHER DISTAFF ENDLEAF FEDAYEE FLYLEAF FORKFUL GESTALT HANDFUL
HUSWIFE INUKSUK KAPEYKA KNAIDEL KNEIDEL LOWLIFE MIDLIFE NONLIFE NONSELF OLDWIFE
PAILFUL PRELIFE PYSANKA ROOMFUL SACKFUL SHTETEL STARETS WERWOLF AARDWOLF
AUTOBAHN DOGTOOTH EYETOOTH FARMWIFE FISHWIFE FOLKLIFE FOREHOOF GODCHILD GOODWIFE
HALFLIFE HAUSFRAU KABLOONA KALEWIFE KEESHOND KERCHIEF LONGLEAF MEATLOAF MONSIEUR
MOONCALF PASSERBY PENKNIFE PLATEFUL POTHOSES SAWTOOTH SCHLIERE SCHNECKE SCOOPFUL
SHINLEAF SPOONFUL TABLEFUL TIPSTAFF WEREWOLF BARRELFUL BASKETFUL BOOKSHELF
BROADLEAF BUCKETFUL COWLSTAFF DRAWKNIFE FLAGSTAFF HEADSCARF HOUSEWIFE INTERLEAF
JACKSTAFF LIVERLEAF MOONCHILD PIKESTAFF POCKETFUL QUIVERFUL SEMIDWARF SHOVELFUL
STEPCHILD SUGARLOAF SUPERWIFE WATERLEAF BRAINCHILD CLOVERLEAF DROPPERFUL
GRANDCHILD HAMANTASCH LUFTMENSCH MANSERVANT OPPONENTES PITCHERFUL PLATTERFUL
SANDALFOOT SATCHELFUL THIMBLEFUL TUMBLERFUL WUNDERKIND KRUMMHOLZES MANTELSHELF
NECKERCHIEF POCKETKNIFE PROLAPSUSES SCHOOLCHILD HANDKERCHIEF MADEMOISELLE
QUARTERSTAFF PATERFAMILIAS

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