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The dual and regular masculine plural are formed by adding -ayn(i) and -īn(a) respectively (both spelled ـين in Arabic) (-ay and -ī in the construct state, both spelled ـي in Arabic). The regular feminine plural is formed by adding -āt(i) in the definite and -āt(in) in the indefinite, both spelled ـات in Arabic.
Arabic grammar (Arabic: النَّحْوُ العَرَبِيُّ) is the grammar of the Arabic language. Arabic is a Semitic language and its grammar has many similarities with the grammar of other Semitic languages .
Chichewa noun class 12 and 13 contain diminutive prefixes. The prefixes are ka (12) for singular nouns and ti (13) for plural nouns. These classes do not contain any words as opposed to the augmentative marker, which is also a regular noun class containing nouns. mwana (child) → kamwana (little child)
In Persian this kind of plural is known by its Arabic term jam'-e mokassar (جَمِع مُکَسَّر, literally "broken plural"). However the Persian Academy of Literature (Farhangestan) does not recommend the usage of such Arabic plural forms, but instead the native Persian plural suffix -hā .
This has been called the "plural of the plural", the plural plural, or the double plural. [246] [247] An Arabic example is kalb, dog (singular); aklub, dogs (plural); and akālib, groups of dogs (double plural). [250] The Arabic double plural implies a minimum of nine items, or three groups of three each.
Numbers larger than 3 do not have gender but may have two forms, one used before nouns and one used independently. [29] In particular, numbers between 3 and 10 lose their final vowel before a noun. [27] Numbers from 3 to 10 are followed by plural nouns. Numbers from 11 to 99 are followed by a singular. [29] [30] [27]
ʾIʿrāb (إِعْرَاب, IPA:) is an Arabic term for the declension system of nominal, adjectival, or verbal suffixes of Classical Arabic to mark grammatical case.These suffixes are written in fully vocalized Arabic texts, notably the Qur’ān or texts written for children or Arabic learners, and they are articulated when a text is formally read aloud, but they do not survive in any ...
Dual (abbreviated DU) is a grammatical number that some languages use in addition to singular and plural.When a noun or pronoun appears in dual form, it is interpreted as referring to precisely two of the entities (objects or persons) identified by the noun or pronoun acting as a single unit or in unison.