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Nouns, Gender & Definiteness
Nouns, gender, number, definiteness and the idafa possessive construction.
مَفَاتِيح
keys
mafaatiih
A diptote plural pattern
مَسَاجِد
mosques
masaajid
A diptote takes no tanwin
أَحْمَر
red
ahmar
A diptote color adjective
صَحْرَاء
desert
sahraa'
Feminine by its long -aa' ending
ذِكْرَى
memory
dhikraa
An abstract noun ending in alif maqsura
حُرِّيَّة
freedom
hurriyya
An abstract noun with the -iyya suffix
شَجَر
trees (collective)
shajar
A collective noun for a group
شَجَرَة
a tree
shajara
The unit noun drawn from the collective
اِسْمُ التَّفْضِيل
the comparative noun
ismu at-tafdiil
The af'al pattern used for comparison
أَكْبَرُ مِنْ
bigger than
akbaru min
The comparative followed by min