Read the bilingual lesson for The Broken Plural (Part Two) and test your understanding with a focused quiz.
Lesson
1. What Will We Learn in This Level?
● In this section, we will continue our study of broken plurals.
● We will learn the broken plurals and meanings of the remaining thirty-six important nouns.
● We will study the special case of صَحِيفَةٌ and the principle that one word can have more than one broken plural.
2. Important Broken Plurals (Group Five)
● Memorize the broken plurals and English meanings of these nouns:
Singular
Meaning
Broken plural
Meaning
قَلْبٌ
heart
قُلُوبٌ
hearts
أَمْرٌ
command/matter
أُمُورٌ
matters
بَيْتٌ
house
بُيُوتٌ
houses
وَجْهٌ
face
وُجُوهٌ
faces
حَدٌّ
limit/boundary
حُدُودٌ
limits/boundaries
ذَنْبٌ
sin
ذُنُوبٌ
sins
3. Important Broken Plurals (Group Six)
● Memorize the broken plurals and English meanings of these nouns:
Singular
Meaning
Broken plural
Meaning
كِتَابٌ
book
كُتُبٌ
books
رَسُولٌ
messenger
رُسُلٌ
messengers
حِمَارٌ
donkey
حُمُرٌ
donkeys
كَافِرٌ
disbeliever
كُفَّارٌ
disbelievers
خَادِمٌ
servant
خُدَّامٌ
servants
تَاجِرٌ
merchant
تُجَّارٌ
merchants
4. Important Broken Plurals (Group Seven)
● Memorize the broken plurals and English meanings of these nouns:
Singular
Meaning
Broken plural
Meaning
لِسَانٌ
tongue/language
أَلْسِنَةٌ
tongues/languages
سُؤَالٌ
question
أَسْئِلَةٌ
questions
دَوَاءٌ
medicine
أَدْوِيَةٌ
medicines
جَوَابٌ
answer
أَجْوِبَةٌ
answers
غَرِيبٌ
stranger/traveler
غُرَبَاءُ
strangers
شَرِيكٌ
partner
شُرَكَاءُ
partners
5. Important Broken Plurals (Group Eight)
● Memorize the broken plurals and English meanings of these nouns:
Singular
Meaning
Broken plural
Meaning
نَبِيٌّ
prophet
أَنْبِيَاءُ
prophets
غَنِيٌّ
wealthy person
أَغْنِيَاءُ
wealthy people
أَمِيرٌ
ruler/commander
أُمَرَاءُ
rulers/commanders
شَهِيدٌ
martyr
شُهَدَاءُ
martyrs
وَلِيٌّ
guardian/friend
أَوْلِيَاءُ
guardians/friends
صَدِيقٌ
true friend
أَصْدِقَاءُ
friends
6. Important Broken Plurals (Group Nine)
● Memorize the broken plurals and English meanings of these nouns:
Singular
Meaning
Broken plural
Meaning
قَاعِدَةٌ
rule/principle
قَوَاعِدُ
rules/principles
عَقِيدَةٌ
belief/creed
عَقَائِدُ
beliefs/creeds
مَسْجِدٌ
mosque
مَسَاجِدُ
mosques
مَدْرَسَةٌ
school
مَدَارِسُ
schools
مَذْهَبٌ
school/path
مَذَاهِبُ
schools/paths
مَنْظَرٌ
view/scene
مَنَاظِرُ
views/scenes
7. Important Broken Plurals (Group Ten)
● Memorize the broken plurals and English meanings of these nouns:
Singular
Meaning
Broken plural
Meaning
مَرِيضٌ
sick person
مَرْضَى
sick people
مَيِّتٌ
dead person
مَوْتَى
dead people
فَاجِرٌ
sinful/wicked person
فُجَّارٌ
sinful/wicked people
طَالِبٌ
student
طُلَّابٌ
students
قَارِئٌ
reader/reciter
قُرَّاءُ
readers/reciters
فَاحِشَةٌ
indecency
فَوَاحِشُ
indecencies/evils
8. The Special Case of صَحِيفَةٌ
● Two different broken plurals of one word:
○ Some Arabic nouns have more than one broken plural established in native usage, and both are correct and commonly used.
● Example:
○ صَحِيفَةٌ (scripture/page)
● Two different broken plurals are widely used:
○ صُحُفٌ (as in the scriptures of Ibrāhīm and Mūsā)
○ صَحَائِفُ (many scriptures/pages)
9. Level Summary
● We completed the broken plurals and meanings of the remaining thirty-six commonly used nouns.
● We learned that the plural of مَرِيضٌ is مَرْضَى, and the plural of مَيِّتٌ is مَوْتَى.
● We also learned that some nouns, such as صَحِيفَةٌ, have more than one accepted broken plural: صُحُفٌ and صَحَائِفُ.