Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns 4Ai+N "4th Long Alif i + Noon" (LiLLaaNun)

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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 "i,"
have Alif (long "a") as a fourth letter, and end with Noon.
The rhythm is "LiLLaaNun."
They belong to "4th Long Alif i + N" group.

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

meaning	plural - singular
mouse	فَأْرٌ - فِئْرَانٌ
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brother	أَخٌ -  إِخْوَانٌ، إِخْوَةٌ
- - - - -
dry valley	وَادٍ -  وِدْيَانٌ، أَوْدِيَةٌ
- - - - -
talk	حَدِيثٌ -  حِدْثَانٌ، أَحَادِيثُ
adolescent	صَبِيٌّ - صِبْيَانٌ، صُبْيَانٌ، صِبْيَةٌ، صَبْيَةٌ، أَصْبَيَةٌ
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lamb	خَرُوفٌ - خِرْفَانٌ، خِرَافٌ، أَخْرِفَةٌ
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crow	غُرَابٌ - غِرْبَانٌ، أَغْرُبٌ، أَغْرِبَةٌ
boy, youth	غُلاَمٌ - غِلْمَانٌ، غِلْمَةٌ
- - - - -
- - - - -
bull	ثَوْرٌ - ثِيرَانٌ
- - - - -
adolescent	فَتىً - فِتيَانٌ، فِتْيَةٌ
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string	خَيْطٌ -  خِيطَانٌ، خُيُوطٌ، أَخْيَاطٌ
visitor	ضَيْفٌ -  ضِيفَانٌ، ضُيُوفٌ، أَضْيَافٌ
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wall	حَائِطٌ - حِيطَانٌ، حِيَاطٌ، حَوَائِطُ
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door	ٌبَاب - بِيبَانٌ، أَبْوَاب
crown	تَاجٌ - تِيجَانٌ
flame	نَارٌ - نِيرَانٌ

Last updated: 8 Oct 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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