Thursday, February 6, 2014

Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns Su2 "Short u (2) (LuLaLun)" group

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Among Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns and adjectives,
non-long plural forms often start with a letter accompanied by a vowel "u."

In some of them, the second letter are accompanied by a vowel "a."

They belong to "Short u (2)" group.

The rhythm is "LuLaLun."

Here are examples of words belonging to the "Short u (2)" group.

meaningplural - singular
countryدَوْلَةٌ - دُوَلٌ
flat (residence)   شَقَّةٌ - شُقَقٌ، شَقَّاتٌ، شِقَقٌ
briefcaseشَنْطَةٌ - شُنَطٌ
- - - - -
new جَدِيدٌ - جُدَدٌ، جُدُدٌ 
- - - - -
familyأُسْرَةٌ - أُسَرٌ، أُسْرَاتٌ  
phraseجُمْلَةٌ - جُمَلٌ
injectionحُقْنَةٌ -  حُقَنٌ
planخُطَّةٌ - خُطَطٌ
jacketسُتْرَةٌ - سُتَرٌ، سُتْرَاتٌ
pictureصُورَةٌ - صُوَرٌ
masterpieceطُرْفَةٌ - طُرَفٌ
mayorعُمْدَةٌ - عُمَدٌ
roomغُرْفَةٌ - غُرَفٌ، غُرْفَاتٌ 
towelفُوطَةٌ - فُوَطٌ
pieceقُطْعَةٌ - قُطَعٌ، قُطُعَات   
period of timeمُدَّةٌ - مُدَدٌ
eye  مُقْلَةٌ - مُقَلٌ
pointنُقْطَةٌ - نُقَطٌ، نِقَاطٌ
fleck, numberنُمْرَةٌ - نُمَرٌ

Last updated: 27 May 2014.



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3Aa1  3Aa2  3Aa3  3Aa4  3Ai  3W  3A+A
4Ai+N  4Au1  4Au2  4Au+N  4A+A1   4A+A2
Sa  Si  Su1  Su2  S+A1  S+A2  S+A3


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