Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns 4A+A1 "4th Alif + A (1) " (ALLiLaa u)

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Many Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns and adjectives have a long vowel.

In some of them, Alif (long "a") is inserted as a fourth letter, and
another Alif with Hamza is attached to the head.

They belong to "4th Alif + A(1)" group and have rhythm "ALLiLaa u," or
belong to "4th Alif + A(2)" group and have rhythm "ALiLLaa u,"

Here are examples of words belonging to the "4th Alif + A(1)" group.

meaning	plural - singular
innocent	بَرِيءٌ - أَبْرِيَاءُ، بُرَاءٌ، بِرَاءٌ، بَرِيئُونَ، بَرِيئَاتٌ
wealthy	ثَرِيٌ - أَثْرِيَاءُ، ثَرِيَّاتٌ
brave, bold	جَرِيءٌ - أَجْرِيَاءُ، جَرِيئَاتٌ
clever	ذَكِيٌّ - أَذْكِيَاءُ، ذَكِيَّاتٌ
friend	صَدِيقٌ - أَصْدِقَاءُ، صُدَقَاءُ، صُدْقَانٌ
stupid	غَبِيٌّ - أَغْبِيَاءُ
wealthy	غَنِيٌ - أَغْنِيَاءُ
team	فَرِيقٌ -  أَفْرِقَاءُ، أَفْرِقَةٌ، فُرُوقٌ
strong	قَوِيٌ - أَقْوِيَاءُ
near	قَرِيبٌ - أَقْرِبَاءُ، قَرِيبَاتٌ
prophet	نَبِيٌّ - أَنْبِيَاءُ، نَبِيُّونَ
sincere	وَفِيٌّ - أَوْفِيَاءُ
leader	وَلِيٌّ - أَوْلِيَاءُ

Last updated: 1 June 2014.



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3Aa1  3Aa2  3Aa3  3Aa4  3Ai  3W  3A+A
4Ai+N  4Au1  4Au2  4Au+N  4A+A1  4A+A2
Sa  Si  Su1  Su2  S+A1  S+A2  S+A3

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