12. Observe, the form _gaenserich_ has a masculine termination. The word _taeuberich_, in provincial New German, has the same form and the same power. It denotes a _male dove_; _taube_, in German, signifying a _dove_. In _gaenserich_ and _taeuberich_, we find preserved the termination _-rich_ (or _-rik_), with a masculine power. Of this termination we have a remnant, in English, preserved in the curious word _drake_. To _duck_ the word _drake_ has no etymological relation whatsoever. It is derived from a word with which it has but one letter in common; _viz._ the Latin _anas_=_a duck_. Of this the root is _anat-_, as seen in the genitive case _anatis_. In Old High German we find the form _anetrekho_=_a drake_; in provincial New High German there is _enterich_ and _aentrecht_, from whence come the English and Low German form _drake_. (Grimm, Deutsche Grammatik, iii. p. 341.) 13. _Peacock_, _peahen_, _bridegroom_.--In these compounds, it is not the words _pea_ and _bride_ that are rendered masculine or feminine by the addition of _cock_, _hen_, and _groom_, but it is the words _cock_, _hen_, and _groom_ that are modified by prefixing _pea_ and _bride_. For an appreciation of this distinction, see the Chapter on Composition. * * * * * {225} CHAPTER III. THE NUMBERS. s. 280. In the Greek language the word _pataer_ signifies a father, speaking of _one_, whilst _patere_ signifies _two fathers_, speaking of a pair, and thirdly, _pateres_ signifies _fathers_, speaking of any number beyond two. The three words, _pataer_, _patere_, and _pateres_, are said to be in different numbers, the difference of meaning being expressed by a difference of form. These numbers have names. The number that speaks of _one_ is the singular, the number that speaks of _two_ is the _dual_ (from the Latin word _duo_=_two_), and the number that speaks of _more than two_ is the _plural_. All languages have numbers, but all languages have not them to the same extent. The Hebrew has a dual, but it is restricted to nouns only (in Greek being extended to verbs). It has, moreover, this peculiarity; it applies, for the most part, only to things which are naturally double, as _the two eyes_, _the two hands_, &c. The Latin has no dual number at all, except the natural dual in the words _ambo_ and _duo_. s. 281. The question presents itself,--to what extent have we numbers in English? Like the Greek, Hebrew, and Latin, we have a singular and a plural. Like the Latin, and unlike the Greek and Hebrew, we have no dual.