Arabic Plural

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Arabic Plural

Learning the Arabic Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Arabic language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Arabic.

Arabic Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers.

In Arabic the formation of the plural is difficult, since there are many patterns. It is advised to learn the plural with the singular, a good Arabic dictionary like the “Hans Wehr Arabic dictionary will include the plural or plurals (sometimes there are more) in each entry. Examples are kitaab –kutub, [book - books], walad – awlad [boy – boys], sayara – sayaraat [car – cars], radjul – rejaal [man – men]. The last two are examples of the sound plural which for masculine adds un at the end and for feminine aat at the and. (Note the ta marbuta has to be change to a normal open t).

Here are some examples:

English Plural	Arabic Plural
Plural	صِيْغَة الْجَمْع - seeeghah aljam'
my book	كِتَابِي - ketaabeee
my books	كُتُبِي - kotobeee
our daughter	ابْنَتَنَا - abnatanaa
our daughters	بَنَاتِنَا - banaatenaa
I'm cold	انّى اشْعُر بِالْبُرُوْدَة - ana ash'or bealborowdah
we're cold	نَحْن نَشْعُر بِالْبُرُوْدَة - nahn nash'or bealborowdah
his chickens	دَجَاجَه - dajaajah
their chicken	دَجَاجَهُم - dajaajahom

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Arabic has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Arabic.

List of Plurals in Arabic

Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Arabic placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Arabic vocabulary.

English Plural	Arabic Plural
alligator	تِمْسَاح إِسْتِوائِي - temsaah eestewa'eee
alligators	تَمَاسِيْح - tamaaseeeh
bear	دَب - dab
bears	دِبَبَة - debabah
bird	طَائِر - taa'er
birds	طُيُوْر - toeeowr
bull	ثَوْر - thawr
bulls	ثِيَرَان - theeearaan
cat	قَط - qat
cats	قَطَط - qatat
cow	بَقَرَة - baqarah
cows	أَبْقَار - aabqaar
deer	أَيِّل - aaeeel
many deer	الْغِزْلَان - alghezlaan
dog	كَلْب - kalb
dogs	كِلَاب - kelaab
donkey	حِمَار - hemaar
donkeys	حِمْيَر - hemeear
eagle	نَسْر - nasr
eagles	نُسُوْر - nosowr
elephant	فِيْل - feeel
elephants	فِيَلَة - feeealah
giraffe	زَرَافَة - zaraafah
giraffes	زَرَافَات - zaraafaat
goat	مَاعِز - maa'ez
goats	مَاعِز - maa'ez
horse	حِصَان - hesaan
horses	خُيِّل - khoeeel
lion	أَسَد - aasad
lions	أَسْوَد - aaswad
monkey	قِرْد - qerd
monkeys	قُرُوْد - qorowd
mouse	فَأْر - faar
mice	فِئْرَان - fe'raan
rabbit	أَرْنَب - aarnab
rabbits	أَرَانِب - aaraaneb
snake	ثُعْبَان - tho'baan
snakes	ثَعَابِيْن - tha'aabeeen
tiger	نَمِر - namer
tigers	نَمُّور - namowr
wolf	ذِئْب - the'b
wolves	ذِئَاب - the'aab

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