The affirmative active third-person feminine paradigm distinguishes one woman, two women and a feminine plural group.
Word / formMeaning / explanation
Singular: تَفْعَلُshe does / will do.
Dual: تَفْعَلَانِthose two women do / will do.
Plural: يَفْعَلْنَthose women do / will do.
The singular and dual begin with تَ, but the feminine third-person plural begins with يَ and ends with ـنَ. This feminine-plural nūn is not the same as the inflectional nūn of indicative dual and masculine-plural forms.