Talk:grzybień

RFV
Translation for English "water lily" is a plurale tantum noun grzybienie. Grzybień is considered incorrect. Maro 15:39, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * There are 34 hits on Google Groups . I don't speak Polish, so I can't tell if they're any good. I would note that Polish Wikipedia addresses the issue (Grzybienie białe), which would seem to show that such usage is common enough to require explanation that it's an error. Do we have a template for an erroneous singular of a plurale tantum? It seems like it should be a very common type of error. It's not really a . Chuck Entz (talk) 17:34, 7 September 2012 (UTC)‎
 * finds a couple of book hits, including, , , , , , , , and . Re: "is considered incorrect": By whom? What is the argument for the incorrectness by the person who considers the term incorrect? Furthermore, judging from and , the terms are similarly common. --Dan Polansky (talk) 21:49, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like an old form. Many of these books are from 19th c. I found also . Maro 19:53, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Compare , above. It too may be proscribed and yet attested in Polish. - -sche (discuss) 22:35, 7 September 2012 (UTC)


 * RFV-passed. - -sche (discuss) 02:03, 15 October 2012 (UTC)