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Is there such a word as sud referring to just one of many suds?

Question #113393. Asked by 29CoveRoad.
Last updated Dec 13 2016.

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No. Suds is a plural noun that has no singular form.

link http://mentalfloss.com/article/52672/11-nouns-only-have-plural-form



Response last updated by gtho4 on Dec 13 2016.
Mar 14 2010, 5:24 AM
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Sud (noun) : A single bubble of soap or some other bubble-able substance. The singular of the word "suds" (as in "soap suds").
There is one soap "sud" on the table. Of all of the soap suds I see, this is the nicest "sud" of all.

link http://nws.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/newword_display_alpha.php?letter=Su&last=30
Suds’s origins are still not absolutely certain. But the American Heritage Dictionary and other contemporary sources agree that a likely source is “Dutch zudse, marsh, from Middle Dutch sudse.” That would mean that suds began life as a singular, and though it could, like kudos, be reinterpreted as plural and sprout a new singular form, it hasn’t done so yet.

link http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/08/09/vive_la_difference/



Response last updated by gtho4 on Dec 13 2016.
Mar 14 2010, 6:14 AM
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