Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns 3Aa4 "3rd Long Alif a (4)" (LaLaaLaa)

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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," and
have an Alif (long "a") as a third letter and
an Alif maqsura (or sometimes Alif) as a fifth letter.

They belong to "3rd Long Leif a (4)" group.

The rhythm is "LaLaaLaa."

Here are examples of words belonging to the "3rd Long Alif a (4)" group.

meaning	plural - singular
giraffe	زَرَافَةٌ، زُرَافَةٌ -  زَرَافَى، زَرَائِفُ
- - - - -
sweet(s)	حَلْوَى - حَلاَوَى
- - - - -
full	شَبْعَانُ - شَبَاعَى، شِبَاعٌ، شَبْعَوَاتٌ
desert	صَحْرَاءُ - صَحَارَى، صَحَارٍ، صَحْرَاوَاتٌ
virgin	عَذْرَاءُ - عَذَارَى، عَذَارٍ
lazy	كَسْلاَنُ، كَسْلَى , كَسْلاَنٌ - كَسَالَى، كُسَالَى
- - - - -
captive	أَسِيرٌ -  , أَسَارَى، أُسَرَاءُ، أَسْرَى
widow(er)	أَيِّمٌ - أَيَامَى، أَيَائِمُ
sad	حَزِينٌ - حَزَانَى، حُزَنَاءُ، حِزَانٌ
ugly	قَبِيحٌ -  قَبَاحَى، قِبَاحٌ، قُبْحَى، قَبِيحَاتٌ
ill	مَرِيضٌ - مَرَاضَى، مَرْضَى، مَرِيضَاتٌ
orphan	يَتِيمٌ، يَتِيمَةٌ - يَتَامَى، أَيْتَامٌ، يَتِيمَاتٌ
- - - - -
mirror	مِرْآةٌ -  مَرَاتَا، مَرَاءٍ
- - - - -
will	نِيَّةٌ - نَوَايَا، نِيَّاتٌ
- - - - -
female	أُنْثَى - أَنَاثَى، إِنَاثٌ

Last updated: 5 May 2014.



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4Ai+N  4Au1  4Au2  4Au+N  4A+A1  4A+A2
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