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All the nouns in Arabic are either
Masculine or Feminine.
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Each Noun in Arabic is of Specific Quantity,
meaning its either
Singular :
When its ONE only
Dual :
When its exactly TWO
Plural:
When its THREE or MORE
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Singular ‫( واحد‬wahid)
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Dual ‫( تثنيه‬Tathniyah)
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Plural ‫( جمع‬jam’ )
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It is formed by Adding following
suffixes to the original noun
Alif and Noon ‫ﺍﻥ‬
Ya and Noon ‫ين‬
َ – ِ‫ا ْم َرأَ َتان‬
Examples : ِ‫ ا ْل َم َل َك ْين‬- ِ‫شهي َد ْين‬
Singular
Dual
Meaning
ِ‫ا ْل َم َل َك‬
ِ‫ا ْل َم َل َكِْين‬
The two Angels
َ
َِِ‫شهيد‬
Two witnesses
َ ‫َر ُج ِل‬
‫ساحر‬
َ
َ
ِ‫شهي َِد ْين‬
ِ‫لن‬
ِ َ ‫َر ُج‬
ِ‫ساح َِران‬
َ
Two magicians
‫ا ْل َب ْحر‬
‫َفريق‬
ِ‫ا ْل َب ْح َرِْين‬
ِ‫َفري َِقان‬
Two seas
Two men
Two groups
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1.
2.
Two Types of Plural
Sound Plural ‫جمع سالم‬
Broken / Irregular Plural ‫َج ِمع ُمکَ َسر‬
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 The singular word is suffixed by a plural sign
 Singular word remains intact
 Like in English boy  Boys -- book 
books
 Plural signs are
1. Waw & Noon ‫ﻭﻥ‬
2. Yaa & Noon ‫ين‬
3. Alif & taa
‫ ﺍﺕ‬changes to
‫ﺔ‬
Note
 ‫ ﺍﺕ‬/ ‫ ﺔ‬are used for Feminine Nouns
Sound Plural
Singular
َِ‫ُم ْؤمنِين‬
ِ‫ُم ْؤمن‬
َِ‫ا ْل َفاس ِقُون‬
َِ‫ا ْل َكافرِين‬
‫ا ْل َفاسق‬
َِِ‫ا ْل َكافر‬
َِ‫ا ْل ُم ْسلمِين‬
َِ‫ا ْل ُم َناف ِقُون‬
َِ‫صاب ُِرون‬
َّ ‫ال‬
Meaning
One who
believes
The one who
cross limits
The disbeliever
ِ‫ا ْل ُم ْسلم‬
ُِ ‫ا ْل ُم َناف‬
‫ق‬
The One who
submits
‫صابر‬
َّ ‫ال‬
The One who is
patient
The hypocrite
Sound Plural
Singular
ِِ‫ات‬
ُِ ‫ا ْل ُم َناف َِق‬
ُِ ‫ال َّط ِّيَِب‬
‫ات‬
‫المنافق َِة‬
The hypocrite
(woman)
‫الطيبة‬
The one pure
ِ ‫ا ْل ُم ْسل َِم‬
‫ات‬
‫المسلمة‬
ِ‫ا ْل ُم ْؤمَِنات‬
ُِ ‫ا ْل ُم َط َّل َِقا‬
‫ت‬
‫المؤمنة‬
‫ا ْل ُم َط َّل َِقة‬
ُ ‫ح‬
ِ‫ات‬
َِ ‫صال‬
َّ ‫ال‬
‫حة‬
َِ ‫صال‬
َّ ‫ال‬
Meaning
The one who
submit (woman)
The one who
believe (woman)
The divorced
woman
The righteous
woman
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The singular word doesn’t remain intact
anymore
There are no fix changes
Like in English: man  men …
child  children
You have to Learn them 
Broken Plural
Singular
Meaning
ِ‫ْاْلَ ْنفُس‬
ِ‫ْاْلَ ْم َوال‬
ِ‫ْاْل ُ ُمور‬
ِ‫الَِْ ْنفُس‬
ِ‫ا ْلمال‬
ِ‫ْاْلُمر‬
The soul /
Oneself
َ
ِ‫ار ُِه ْم‬
‫ص‬
‫ب‬
َ َ ْ‫أ‬
‫ْاْلَ ْن َها ُِر‬
ِ‫بص َر‬
َ
Sight
ِ‫ال ْن َه ُر‬
The river
The wealth
The matter
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Know the singulars of nouns that will come in
your lessons
How?
 If you see suffixes for Sound Plural
 Just remove them to form Singular
example : َِ‫ ا ْل َفاسقُون‬ ‫ا ْل َفاسق‬
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If it’s a broken Plural  Learn its singular
 For
Sound plurals
1. Just remove the suffix in case of ‫& ﻭﻥ‬
‫ين‬
2. In case of ‫ ﺍﺕ‬replace it with a ‫ﺔ‬
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For Broken plurals -- > learn them
 Sometimes
in case of suffix ‫( ين‬sound
plural) only noon is removed
Example : ِ‫ ْال ُم َّتقِين‬ ِ‫ْال ُم َّتق‬
ِ‫ ْال ُم َّتقِين‬ ‫ْال ُم َّتقي‬
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Its very rare
X
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Feminine Sound Plural :
 Suffix ‫ ﺍﺕ‬is written both ways
‫ َج َّنـت‬OR ِ‫َجَِّنات‬
Whether its with proper Alif or small Alif
(Alif suqra) , to make a singular replace
it with a ‫ﺔ‬
ِ‫ َجَِّنات‬ ‫َج َّن َِة‬
ِ‫ َج َّنـِت‬ ‫َج َّن َِة‬