Plurals

• Plurals. There are three types of plural in Arabic:

a. The Masculine Sound plural is created by ( ونَ ) suffixed to the noun in the nominative case, and (  ينَ) in both genitive and accusative cases.

teachers (m)          مُدرِّسونَ  ، مُدرِّسينَ  ،  مُدرِّسينَ

b. The Feminine sound plural is created by dropping the Taa’ MarbuuTa and replacing it with (  اتٌ) for the nominative case and ( اتٍ ) for the accusative & genitive cases.

teachers                     مُدرِّساتٌ  ، مُدرِّساتٍ  ، مُدرِّساتٍ

  

   

   c. The Broken plural is an irregular form. Even though several nouns may  exhibit the same "broken" pattern, one has to learn the words individually.

dog(s),  cat(s)        کلبٌ / کِلابٌ   ،  قِطـٌّ / قِططـٌّ

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Mohammed Jiyad