Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns 4Au+N "4th Long Alif u + Noon" (LuLLaaNun)

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

Some of them start with a letter with vowel "u,"
have Alif  (long "a") as a fourth letter, and
end with Noon.
The rhythm is "LuLLaaNun."

They belong to "4th Long Alif u + N" group.

Here are examples of words belonging to the "4th Long Alif u + N" group.

meaning	plural - singular
young camel	بَكْرٌ - بُكْرَانٌ، أَبْكُرٌ
- - - - -
Arab	عَرَبٌ -  عُرْبَانٌ، أَعْرَابٌ
- - - - -
young	شَابٌّ - شُبَّانٌ، شَبَابٌ، شَبَبَةٌ، شَابَّاتٌ
- - - - -
rider	رَاكِبٌ - رُكْبَانٌ، رُكَّابٌ، رَاكِبَاتٌ
beach	شَاطِئٌ - شُطْآنٌ، شَوَاطِئُ
owner, fellow	صَاحِبٌ - صُحْبَانٌ، أَصْحَابٌ، صَحْبٌ، صَحَابَةٌ،  صُحْبَةٌ
knight	فَارِسٌ - فُرْسَانٌ، فَوَارِسُ
- - - - -
loaf of bread	رَغِيفٌ - رُغْفَانٌ، أَرْغِفَةٌ،  رُغُفٌ
adolescent	صَبِيٌّ - صُبْيَانٌ، صِبْيَانٌ، صِبْيَةٌ، صَبْيَةٌ، أَصْبَيَةٌ
shirt	قَمِيصٌ - قُمْصَانٌ، قُمُصٌ، أَقْمِصَةٌ
dishonorable	ٌلَئِيمٌ -  لُؤْمَانٌ، لُؤَمَاءُ، لِئَامٌ
- - - - -
cattle-herder	رَاعٍ -  رُعْيَانٌ، رُعَاةٌ، رُعَاءٌ، رِعَاءٌ
- - - - -
country	بِلاَدٌ - بُلْدَانٌ
- - - - -
courageous	شُجَاعٌ، شِجَاعٌ - شُجْعَانٌ، شَجَعَةٌ، شُجَاعَاتٌ

Last updated: 13 Oct 2014.

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