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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 |
Notice the structure of the Plural 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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