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There are two major forms of plural nouns: the sound and the broken. The sound can be further divided into the sound masculine plural and the sound feminine plural. Below is a summary of the Arabic terms that describe these categories.

Sound plurals are created simply by adding a suffix to the singular form, whereas broken plurals change the internal structure of the singular. Another distinction between the two is that there is only one form of the sound plural for each of the two genders, whereas there are many broken plurals in the Arabic language.

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•We will learn the two kinds of plural forms of the nouns and adjectives:

•Sound Plural (M) جَمعٌ مُذكر سَالِمٌ

•مُجتَهِد

•مُجتَهِدُ+ون

•مُجتَهِدون

Masculine sound plural nouns end in ون.

teachers

مُعلم

مُعلمُـون

thinkers

مُفكّر

مُفكّرُون

translators

مُترجم

مُترجمـُون

feminine sound plural nouns end in ات.

teachers

مُعلمة

مُعلمَـات

thinkers

مُفكّرة

مُفكّرَات

translators

مُترجمَة

مُترجمَـات

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