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Lesson 6
3. the Number
In Arabic, s are of three categories with regards to number:
1. Singular

(wahid) indicating one.

2. Dual

(muthan-naa) indicating two.

3. Plural

(jam) indicating more than two.

The

(dual) is formed in case by following the step below:

(Same rule is applied to both masculine and feminine ).
Put a Fatha (

) on the last letter of the and add (

) at the
end of the .
Examples:

dual

singular

dual

singular

two women

one woman

two pens

one pen

two Khutbas

one Khutba

two books

one book

two eyes

one eye

two boys

one boy

two gardens

one garden

two men

one man

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The (dual) is formed in and case by following the step
below:
(Same rule is applied to both masculine and feminine ).
Put a Fatha (

) on the last letter of the and add (

) at the
end of the .
Examples:

dual

singular

dual

singular
/ /

two women

one woman

two pens

one pen

two Khutbas

one Khutba

two books

one book

two eyes

one eye

two boys

one boy

two gardens

one garden

two men

one man










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Plural
Plurals are of two types:
1. (Jam Salim) sound plural.
2.

(Jam Mukas-sar) broken plural.

1. - The masculine sound plural
The - sound plural is one in which the singular form of
the word remains intact (sound) with some additions at the end.
The - masculine sound plural is formed in case by
following the step below:
Put a Dhamma (

) on the last letter of the and add (

) at
the end of the .
The - masculine sound plural is mainly formed from
adjective nouns.
Examples:


sound plural

singular

sound plural

singular

disbelievers

disbeliever

muslims

muslim

hypocrites

hypocrite

believers

believer

disobedient

disobedient

pious

pious

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The - masculine sound plural is formed in and
case by following the step below:
Put a Kasra (

) on the last letter of the and add (

) at the
end of the .
Examples:










sound plural

singular

sound plural

singular
/ /

disbelievers

disbeliever

muslims

muslim

hypocrites

hypocrite

believers

believer

disobedient

disobedient

pious

pious

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There are some s they are not adjectives but they are used as
- The masculine sound plural.
Examples:

sound plural

sound plural

singular
/

worlds

worlds

world

earth

earth

earth

families

families

family

twenty

twenty

thirty

thirty

ninety

ninety
till
ninety


















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2. - The feminine sound plural

The - feminine sound plural is formed in case by
following the step below:
Remove () from the feminine and add (

) to the end
of the .
The - feminine sound plural is mainly formed from
adjective nouns.
Examples:








sound plural

singular

sound plural

singular

disbelievers (f)

disbeliever (f)

Muslims (f)

Muslim (f)

hypocrites (f)

hypocrite (f)

believers (f)

believer (f)

disobedient (f)

disobedient (f)

pious

Pious (f)

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The - feminine sound plural is formed in and
case by following the step below:
Remove () from the feminine and add (

) to the end of
the feminine .
Examples:

There are some s they are not adjectives but they are used as
- The feminine sound plural.
Examples:

sound plural

singular

sound plural

singular
/ /

disbelievers (f)

disbeliever (f)

Muslims (f)

Muslim (f)

hypocrites (f)

hypocrite (f)

believers (f)

believer (f)

disobedient (f)

disobedient (f)

pious (f)

pious (f)

sound plural

singular

sound plural

singular
/ /

sky

garden

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Full chart of adjective s regards to number.