LessonsDiptote Causes — Ultimate Broken-Plural PatternsQuiz

مَسَاجِدُ, مَصَابِيحُ, and دَوَابُّ have final ḍamma but no tanwīn, because their special broken-plural pattern causes diptote status.

Compare fully declinable plurals such as كُتُبٌ and رِجَالٌ.

Yet a lack of tanwīn by itself does not prove diptote status; definite and construct nouns can also lack it.

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Why These Forms Have No Tanwīn

Diptote Causes — Ultimate Broken-Plural Patterns

مَسَاجِدُ, مَصَابِيحُ, and دَوَابُّ have final ḍamma but no tanwīn, because their special broken-plural pattern causes diptote status.

Compare fully declinable plurals such as كُتُبٌ and رِجَالٌ.

Yet a lack of tanwīn by itself does not prove diptote status; definite and construct nouns can also lack it.