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Irregular Plurals
Many Arabic nouns have irregular plurals. here is a list of the
most common ones: HOW
singular plural
shanta bag shonat bags THE
‘bank’ bank bnook banks
sireer bed sarāyer beds
hizām belt hizima belts
kitāb book kotob books
walad boy welād boys LANGUAGE
akh brother ekhwāt brothers
gamal camel gimāl camels
korsee chair karāsee chairs
sigāra cigarette sagāyer cigarettes
sitāra curtain satāyer curtains
yōm day īyām days WORKS
sāhib friend sohāb friends
bint girl banāt girls
fondo’ hotel fanādi’ hotels
bayt house byoot houses
moftāh key mafāteeh keys ■ N o u n s
gowāb letter gowabāt letters
rāgil man riggāla men
de’ee’a minute da’āye’ minutes
shahr month shihoor months
gāmia mosque gawāmia mosques
mat-haf museum matāhif museums
ism name asāmee names
maktab office makātib offices
taba’ plate atba’ plates
ōda room ewad rooms
tābea stamp tawābea stamps
shārea street shawāria streets
tālib student talaba students
tazkara ticket tazākir tickets
madeena town modon towns
atr train ‘otora trains
isbooa week asābeea weeks
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