Sunday, June 1, 2014

Arabic broken (irregular) plural nouns 4A+A2 "4th Long Alif i + Hamza over Alif (2)" (ALiLLaa 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(2)" group.

meaningplural - singular
loverحَبِيبٌ - أَحِبَّاءُ، أَحِبَّةٌ، أَحْبَابٌ 
lightٌخَفِيفٌ -  أَخِفَّاءُ، خِفَافٌ، أَخْفَافٌ، خَفِيفَات
strongشَدِيدٌ - أَشِدَّاءُ، شِدَادٌ، شَدِيدَاتٌ
healthy, true    صَحِيحٌ - أَصِحَّاءُ، صِحَاح، أَصِحَّةٌ
doctor طَبِيبٌ - أَطِبَّاءُ، أَطِبَّةٌ
strong, precious  عَزِيزٌ - أَعِزَّاءُ، أَعِزَّةٌ
littleقَلِيلٌ  ـ أَقِلاَّءُ، قِلاَلٌ، قَلاَئِلُ



To see other groups, click on the links below.
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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