The Broken Plural (Part Two)

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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.

Practice questions

Question 1

Match the following singular kalimahs with their correct broken plurals:

Question 2

Which statement about the plurals of صَحِيفَةٌ is correct?

  • Only صُحُفٌ is correct
  • Only صَحَائِفُ is correct
  • Both صُحُفٌ and صَحَائِفُ are correct and commonly used

Question 3

Match each plural with its singular:

Question 4

What is the broken plural of مَرِيضٌ (sick person)?

  • مَرْضَى
  • مَرِيضُونَ
  • أَمْرَاضٌ

Question 5

The kalimah تُجَّارٌ is the broken plural of تَاجِرٌ (merchant).

  • True
  • False

Question 6

Match the following singular nouns with their correct broken plurals:

Question 7

Match the following singular nouns with their correct broken plurals:

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