Saturday, February 8, 2014

Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns "3rd Long Alif a (3)" (LaLaaLin)

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Many Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns and adjectives have a long vowel.

Some of them start with a letter with vowel "a",  have Alif (long "a") as a third letter, and end with a sound "in."

They belong to "3rd Long Alif a (3)" group.

The rhythm is "LaLaaLin."

Here are examples of words belonging to the "3rd Long Alif a (3)" group.


meaningplural - singular
shelterمَأْوًى - مَآوٍ
buildingمَبْنًى - مَبَانٍ
houseمَثْوًى - مَثَاوٍ
stream مَجْرًى - مَجَارٍ
cafeمَقْهًى - مَقَاهٍ
- - - - -  
earth           أَرْضٌ - أَرَاضٍ، أَرَضُونَ
inhabitantأَهْلٌ - أَهَالٍ، أَهْلُونَ
afternoonعَصْرٌ - عَصَارٍ
handيَدٌ - أَيَادٍ، أَيْدٍ، يُدِيٌّ
- - - - -  
bubbleرَغْوَةٌ، رُغْوَةٌ - رَغَاوٍ
nightلَيْلَةٌ - لَيَالٍ، لَيَائِلُ، لَيْلاَتٌ
- - - - -  
secondثَانِيَةٌ - ثَوَانٍ
desert بَادِيَةٌ - بَوَادٍ
reservoir   جَابِيَةٌ - جَوَابٍ
capطَاقِيَةٌ - طَوَاقٍ
cattleمَاشِيَةٌ - مَوَاشٍ
forelockنَاصِيَةٌ -  نَوَاصٍ 
- - - - -  
tragedyمَأْسَاةٌ - مَآسٍ
- - - - -  
desertصَحْرَاءُ - صَحَارٍ، صَحَارَى، صَحْرَاوَاتٌ  
virgin, maiden   عَذْرَاءُ - عَذَارٍ، عَذَارَى
- - - - -  
clubنَادٍ -  نَوَادٍ، أَنْدِيَةٌ
- - - - -  
containerإِنَاءٌ - أَوَانٍ، آنِيَة 
- - - - -  
mirror مِرْآةٌ - مَرَاءٍ، مَرَاتَا
frying panمِقْلاَةٌ - مَقَالٍ، مِقْلًى 
ironمِكْوَاةٌ - مَكَاوٍ، مَكْوًى
eraserمِمْحَاةٌ - مَمَاحٍ
portمِينَاءٌ - مَوَانٍ، مِيَن
- - - - -  
nameٌاِسْمٌ - أَسَامٍ، أَسْمَاء
- - - - -  
chairكُرْسِيٌّ -  كَرَاسٍ، كَرَاسِيٌّ 
razorمُوسَى - مَوَاسٍ، أَمْوَاسٌ
- - - - -  
songٌأُغْنِيَةٌ، أُغْنِيَّةٌ - أَغَانٍ، أُغْنِيَّات


Last updated: 24 June 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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