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Plural Nouns Rational Treated Irrational Feminine Singular Words

Text If nouns are used in plural then:
  • plural of rational nouns are treated as plural*
  • plural of irrational nouns are treated as feminine singular
Back Extra * So plural words like (they), (these), (those) are used to refer to them.
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Rational plural (عاقِلٌ)

هَؤُلاءِ طُلَّابٌ جُدُدٌ. هُمْ صِغَارٌ

الطُّلَّابُ خَرَجُوا
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Irrational plural (غَيْرِ عَاقِلٍ)

هَذِهِ كُتُبٌ جَدِيدَةٌ. هِيَ صَغِيرَةٌ

الكِلابُ خَرَجَتْ
Book Extra Notes This is the basic rule. There are exceptions to this rule which you will learn later.

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