13.10 As in the dual, the final syllable ـ َن... /...na/ of the sound
plural masculine disappears, if the word enters the
id
̇a ̄fah construction,e.g.
(a) Sound masculine plural nominative:
(b) Sound masculine plural accusative and genitive:
13.11 The sound feminine plural سـاِل ُمَّ ن ِث لََّج ْم ُع ْلـ ُم َؤ is formed by
adding the following two suffixes to the singular word stem:
ـا ٌت.َ .. /...a ̄tun/ in the nominative
ـا ٍت.َ .. /...a ̄tin/ in the accusative and genitive
13.12 It should be noted that the sound feminine plural has only twovowel endings for the three cases, whether they are in the definite or
indefinite form, e.g.
13.13 The sound feminine plural mostly refers to human beings.However, some masculine nouns indicating non-human beings also take
the sound feminine plural endings, e.g.
لـ ُمـو ْلـ َمـ ْد َر َسـ ِةُّمـ َعـَ (not: ...لـ ُمـو َن ْلـُّمـ َعـَ
mu
allimu ̄ l-madrasatithe teachers of the schoolmu
allimu ̄na l-..)لـ ِمي ْلـ َم ْد َر َسـ ِةُّم َعَ (not: ..لـ ِميـ َن ْلـُّم َعَ
mu
allimı- l-madrasatithe teachers of the schoolmu
allimı-na.l-..)Sing. (fem.) Plur. nom. (fem.) Plur. acc. and gen. (fem.)َمِل َك ٌة َمِل َكا ٌت َمِل َكا ٍت
malikatun, a queen malika ̄tun, queens malika ̄tin, (of) queensَأْلـ َمِل َك ُة َأْلـ َمِل َكا ُت َأْلـ َمِل َكا ِت
al-malikatu, the queen
al-malika ̄tu, thequeens
al-malika ̄ti, (of) thequeensNumber73