These are all six third-person positions in the active light-nūn table:
لَيَفْعَلَنْ — third masculine singular
— — third masculine dual (not given in the source paradigm)
لَيَفْعَلُنْ — third masculine plural
لَتَفْعَلَنْ — third feminine singular
— — third feminine dual (not given in the source paradigm)
— — third feminine plural (not given in the source paradigm)
Only masculine singular, masculine plural and feminine singular have forms here. The two dual forms and feminine plural are intentionally absent. In لَيَفْعَلَنْ, the nūn is sākin; in لَيَفْعَلُنْ, the preceding ḍamma continues to distinguish the masculine plural.
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Light active: third-person forms
Emphatic Lām and the Heavy and Light Nūn Paradigms
These are all six third-person positions in the active light-nūn table:
لَيَفْعَلَنْ — third masculine singular
— — third masculine dual (not given in the source paradigm)
لَيَفْعَلُنْ — third masculine plural
لَتَفْعَلَنْ — third feminine singular
— — third feminine dual (not given in the source paradigm)
— — third feminine plural (not given in the source paradigm)
Only masculine singular, masculine plural and feminine singular have forms here. The two dual forms and feminine plural are intentionally absent. In لَيَفْعَلَنْ, the nūn is sākin; in لَيَفْعَلُنْ, the preceding ḍamma continues to distinguish the masculine plural.