ebaregulaarsust

Ebaregulaarsust is a linguistic term used to describe irregularities in a language's morphology or syntax—forms or rules that do not follow the regular patterns that speakers might expect. It encompasses irregular verb conjugations, plural formations, stem changes, or syntactic constructions that diverge from the standard paradigm of a language. The concept is used in descriptive linguistics to characterize anomalies that persist despite overarching regularities, and in language teaching to explain why certain forms must be memorized rather than inferred by rule.

Although irregularities are common across languages, they usually originate from historical processes such as analogical leveling, sound change, or borrowing. Ebaregulaarsust helps linguists track these histories by highlighting deviations from the current regular system.

Examples include English verb forms like go/went, be/was-were, or bring/brought, and noun plurals like child/children or ox/oxen. In other languages, irregularities may involve vowel alternations, stress shifts, or irregular affixation.

The study of Ebaregulaarsust informs language documentation, teaching resources, and natural language processing, as models must accommodate exceptions to regular rules. See also irregularity, morphology, historical linguistics, and phonology.