Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns S+A2 "Short + Hamza over Alif (2)" (ALiLLatun)

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Some of Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns and adjectives do not include a long vowel.

Some of those only-short-vowel plural forms have:
a Hamza over Alif on the head;
a Ta Marbuta on the tail; and
a rhythm "ALiLLaTun."

They belong to "Short + Hamza over Alif (2)" group.

Here are examples of words belonging to the "Short + Hamza over Alif (2)" group.

meaning	plural - singular
darling	حَبِيبٌ -  أَحِبَّةٌ، أَحِبَّاءُ، أَحْبَابٌ
bed	سَرِيرٌ - أَسِرَّةٌ، سُرُرٌ، سَرَايِرُ
healthy, true	صَحِيحٌ -  أَصِحَّةٌ، أَصِحَّاءُ، صِحَاحٌ
doctor	طَبِيبٌ - أَطِبَّةٌ، أَطِبَّاءُ
precious	عَزِيزٌ -  أَعِزَّةٌ، أَعِزَّاءُ
- - - - -
tooth	سِنٌّ - أَسِنَّةٌ، أَسْنَانٌ، أَسُنٌّ
- - - - -
leader	إِمَامٌ - أَئِمَّةٌ، أَيِمَّةٌ
- - - - -
crown	إِكْلِيلٌ -  أَكِلَّةٌ، أَكَالِيلُ

Last updated: 31 May 2014.




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