LessonsEmphatic Lām and the Heavy and Light Nūn ParadigmsQuiz

In the active heavy-nūn paradigm, the three masculine third-person positions are:

Word / formMeaning / explanation
لَيَفْعَلَنَّthird masculine singular
لَيَفْعَلَانِّthird masculine dual
لَيَفْعَلُنَّthird masculine plural

The singular has fatḥa before the nūn, the dual retains the alif and has a kasrah on the doubled nūn, and the masculine plural has ḍamma immediately before it.
One man will certainly do; two men will certainly do; the men will certainly do. All three begin with third-person yāʾ, so the ending identifies their number.

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Heavy nūn: third-person masculine forms

Emphatic Lām and the Heavy and Light Nūn Paradigms

In the active heavy-nūn paradigm, the three masculine third-person positions are:

Word / formMeaning / explanation
لَيَفْعَلَنَّthird masculine singular
لَيَفْعَلَانِّthird masculine dual
لَيَفْعَلُنَّthird masculine plural

The singular has fatḥa before the nūn, the dual retains the alif and has a kasrah on the doubled nūn, and the masculine plural has ḍamma immediately before it.
One man will certainly do; two men will certainly do; the men will certainly do. All three begin with third-person yāʾ, so the ending identifies their number.