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What is the plual form of the noun dove as in the bird?

What is the plural form of the noun dove as in the bird. Please furnish references.

Thank you Jon
  

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In modern english, one uses "doves". " Do you mean references about me and my qualifications for answering? Or do you mean references for the plural of dove?

— Sohj

  • In modern english, one uses "doves".
  • " Do you mean references about me and my qualifications for answering?
  • Or do you mean references for the plural of dove?
  • If it is the latter, the quickest way to do so is to quote from the OED (Oxford English Dictionary), p.
  • 621, left column: 1.
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In modern english, one uses "doves".

You wrote "Please furnish references." Do you mean references about me and my qualifications for answering? Or do you mean references for the plural of dove?

If it is the latter, the quickest way to do so is to quote from the OED (Oxford English Dictionary), p. 621, left column: 1. A bird of the Columbidae, or pigeon family. Formerly and s
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@ sohj re intransitive verb use, "dove"
meaning something to do with a bird, or just as in "diving into water" type thing?
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I meant as a verb in and of itself. Not the past p. of dive.

"To dove" was a nineteenth c. idiom: to be all lovey-dovey with someone; to treat someone as a "turtle-dove".
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thank-you - how lovely!
How I wish I could afford the OED!
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GuestWhat is the plural form of the noun dove as in the bird. Please furnish references.

Thank you Jon
doves
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I always thought dove was like deer
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