Feminine Forms of Ism al-Tafdil

Dual and Plural of Mamdud and Maqsur Nouns

The following table also charts the feminine ism al-tafdil pattern فُعْلَى by number and case.

FormNominativeAccusativeGenitivesingularفُعْلَىفُعْلَىفُعْلَىdualفُعْلَيَانِفُعْلَيَيْنِفُعْلَيَيْنِsound feminine pluralفُعْلَيَاتٌفُعْلَيَاتٍفُعْلَيَاتٍbroken pluralفُعْلٌفُعْلًافُعْلٍ

The singular is written the same in all three case states; the dual, sound feminine plural, and broken plural show their respective case endings.