LessonsEmphatic Lām and the Heavy and Light Nūn ParadigmsQuiz

Active feminine second-person heavy-nūn positions are:

Word / formMeaning / explanation
لَتَفْعَلِنَّsecond feminine singular
لَتَفْعَلَانِّsecond feminine dual
لَتَفْعَلْنَانِّsecond feminine plural

They mean: you (one woman), you (two women), and you (women) will certainly do. The feminine singular is marked by a kasrah immediately before the heavy nūn. The feminine plural retains nūn al-niswah and takes a separating alif, unlike the masculine plural's ḍamma ending.

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Heavy nūn: second-person feminine forms

Emphatic Lām and the Heavy and Light Nūn Paradigms

Active feminine second-person heavy-nūn positions are:

Word / formMeaning / explanation
لَتَفْعَلِنَّsecond feminine singular
لَتَفْعَلَانِّsecond feminine dual
لَتَفْعَلْنَانِّsecond feminine plural

They mean: you (one woman), you (two women), and you (women) will certainly do. The feminine singular is marked by a kasrah immediately before the heavy nūn. The feminine plural retains nūn al-niswah and takes a separating alif, unlike the masculine plural's ḍamma ending.