Essentials of Arabic Grammar - Asim Iqbal 2nd Islamic Downloads

The Number of Nouns1 Sound Plural: In sound plural the word retains itsoriginal form, e.g. book books, pen pens.2 Broken Plural: The original form of the word ischanged to a great extent, e.g. Man men, woman women.In Arabic too, we have these two kinds of plural forms;Sound and Broken. The Sound Plural in ArabicEEאאْאْאF:1 The masculine plural of nouns are formed by addingون _ to the singular form e.g. ن , ق ‘thief’ ن , ‘ignorant’ ن , ‘wise’ ن , ‘patient’ و ق د ‘truthful’ د א , etc.א , نא , ننא , א نא2 The feminine plural of nouns which end in _, areformed by changing ‘ ’(ta) into ‘ ’(aat) as, ‘♀ thief’ (plural), , א , ‘watch’ , , ‘protector’ , ‘word’ , , ‘window’ א , و ‘fan’ و , ‘evil’ , د ‘step/status’ د .The ♀ plural of nouns which do not end in _ arealso formed by adding ‘ א’‏ to the singular as in (name) , ‘sky’ א و .18