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As a noun, the word young is an uncountable noun. Young is also an adjective.
In the example, 'A mother cat tending her young.', if you wanted to stress that there were more than one young, you would word the sentence, 'A mother cat tending her young kittens', adding the noun and turning 'young' into an adjective.
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How do you spell the plural of young?
The word young as an adjective has no plural. Only nouns have plurals. The word "young" to mean "young animals" is already a plural (collective) form.
What is the plural of joey?
The plural of a young marsupial, a joey, is joeys.
What is the possessive noun and plural noun for the riddle for spectacles for a young lady?
The noun spectacles is an uncountable noun with no singular form. The noun spectacles is a shortened form for a pair of spectacles. The plural form is two pairs of spectacles.The plural form for the noun phrase young lady is young ladies. The singular possessive form is young lady's; the plural possessive form is young ladies'.Example singular possessive: The young lady's spectacleswere left in the library.Example plural possessive: Two young ladies' spectacleswere left in the library.
What is the plural of urchin?
The plural is urchins. (used mainly for young children, or the sea animals)
Is young a preposition?
No, it is not. The word "young" may be an adjective or a plural noun (offspring).
What is the plural of Philly?
The plural of the proper noun Philly is Phillies. (As a nickname for Philadelphia, it has no plural.) The plural of the common noun filly (young female horse) is fillies.
What is a cows young?
Singular: A calf, Plural: Calves
What do you call young elephants?
The pronoun in singular form is 'calf', and the plural is 'calves'.
In ancient Greece what were young men called?
The Greek for "young man" is kouros. (Kouroi, plural.) Another term is ephebe - this relates to a young man that is on the cusp on manhood.
How do you spell minxes?
That is the correct spelling of the plural noun "minxes" (catty young women).
Is the plural youth or youths?
Yes, the plural of the noun 'youth' is youths.The plural noun 'youths' is a word for two or more young people.The noun 'youth' as a word for a period in one's life is an uncountable noun.
How do you spell surpranoes?
"Soprano", plural "Sopranos", if you mean the highest singing voice of a woman or young boy.
