Lesson 14: Plurals (الجمع)
Arabic Plurals (الجمع)
Arabic has two main types of plurals:
Sound Plurals (جمع سالم)
Regular plurals formed by adding suffixes:
- -ون / -ين for masculine: مُؤْمِن → مُؤْمِنُونَ (believers)
- -ات for feminine: مُسْلِمَة → مُسْلِمَات (Muslim women)
Broken Plurals (جمع مكسر)
The internal structure of the word changes:
| Singular | Plural | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| كِتَاب | كُتُب | Book → Books |
| رَسُول | رُسُل | Messenger → Messengers |
| يَوْم | أَيَّام | Day → Days |
| عَالَم | عَالَمِينَ | World → Worlds |