Sinhala Plural

If you're trying to learn Sinhala Plural which is also called Sinhanlese, check our courses about Plural and Singular... to help you with your Sinhala grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Sinhala. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

Sinhala Plural

Learning the Sinhala 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 Sinhala language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Sinhala.

Sinhala 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. Here are some examples:

English PluralSinhala Plural
Pluralbahūvacana - බහුවචන
my bookmagē pota - මගේ පොත
my booksmagē pot - මගේ පොත්
our daughterapē dūva - අපේ දුව
our daughtersapē dūvalā - අපේ දුවලා
I'm coldmaṭa sītalayi - මට සීතලයි
we're coldapiṭa sītalayi - අපිට සීතලයි
his chickensohūgē kūkūl̠ō - ඔහුගේ කුකුළෝ
their chickenovūngē kūkūl̠ā - ඔවුන්ගේ කුකුළා

Notice the structure of the Plural in Sinhala.

List of Plurals in Sinhala

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

English PluralSinhala Plural
alligatorkim̆būlā - කිඹුලා
alligatorskim̆būllū - කිඹුල්ලු
bearvalahā - වලහා
bearsvalassū - වලස්සු
birdkūrūllā - කුරුල්ලා
birdskūrūllō - කුරුල්ලෝ
bullgonā - ගොනා
bullsgonnū - ගොන්නු
catpūsā - පූසා
catspūsō - පූසෝ
cowel̠adena - එළදෙන
cowsel̠adennū - එළදෙන්නු
deermūvā - මුවා
many deermūvō - මුවෝ
dogballā - බල්ලා
dogsballō - බල්ලෝ
donkeybūrūvā - බූරුවා
donkeysbūrūvō - බූරුවෝ
eaglerājāliyā - රාජාලියා
eaglesrājāliyō - රාජාලියෝ
elephantaliyā - අලියා
elephantsali - අලි
giraffejirāf - ජිරාෆ්
giraffesjirāflā - ජිරාෆ්ලා
goatel̠ūvā - එළුවා
goatsel̠ūvō - එළුවෝ
horseaśvayā - අශ්වයා
horsesaśvayō - අශ්වයෝ
lionsiṁhayā - සිංහයා
lionssiṁhayō - සිංහයෝ
monkeyvan̆dūrā - වඳුරා
monkeysvan̆dūrō - වඳුරෝ
mousemīyā - මීයා
micemīyō - මීයෝ
rabbithāvā - හාවා
rabbitshāvō - හාවෝ
snakesarpayā - සර්පයා
snakessarpayō - සර්පයෝ
tigerkoṭiyā - කොටියා
tigerskoṭiyō - කොටියෝ
wolfvakayā - වෘකයා
wolvesvakayō - වෘකයෝ

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