Nouns
The noun stands for something that can be concrete or abstract.
It can be masculine, feminine, singular, plural, definite or indefinite.
Examples:
Masculine (Non-human)
قَلَم
/qalam/
Pen
Feminine (Non-human)
حَقيبَة
/Haqeebah/
Bag
Examples:
Masculine (Human)
طالِب
/Taalib/
Student
Feminine (Human)
طالِبَة
/Taalibah/
Student
Examples:
Indefinite
حَقيبَة
/Haqeebah/
A bag
Definite
الحَقيبَة
/alHaqeebah/
The bag
Examples:
شَارِع
/shaariʻ/
Street
الــشَّارِع
/ashaariʻ/
The street
Examples:
قِطَّة
/qiTTah/
Cat
الــقِطَّة
/alqiTTah/
The cat
Examples:
طَبيبَة
/Tabeebah/
Doctor (Feminine)
الــطَّبيبَة
/aTTabeebah/
The doctor (Feminine)
To form a feminine word from a masculine word we add ة / ـة
to professions, humans and animals
As in
طَبيب
/Tabeeb/
Doctor (Masculine)
طَبيبَــة
/Tabeebah/
Doctor (Feminine)
The word Idaafa means “addition” or “annexation”.
The Idaafa is used to indicate possession in Arabic
As in
كِتابُ الوَلَدِ
/kitaabu ilwaladi/
The boy's book
This kind of annexation occurs when two nouns are linked
together and immediately follow each other
As in
بَيْتُ الرَّجُلِ
/baytu irrajuli/
The man's house
The first noun of Idaafa is always indefinite
As in
بَيْتُ الرَّجُلِ
/baytu irrajuli/
The man's house
The second noun of Idaafa can be definite or indefinite.
If it is a proper noun it should be indefinite
As in
كِتابُ زَيْدِ
/kitaabu zaydi/
Zaid's book
The second noun of Idaafa often ends with Kasra
As in
بابُ البَيْتِ
/baabu ilbayti/
The house's door
Examples:
مُديرُ المَكْتَبِ
/mudeeru ilmaktabi/
Office manager
كِتابُ سارَةَ
/kitaabu saarata/
Sara's book
بَيْتُ أَخي
/baytu ʼakhee/
My brother's house
There are two major forms of plural nouns:
- The sound
- The broken
The sound can be further divided into:
- The sound masculine plural
- The sound feminine plural
Sound plurals are created by adding a suffix to the singular noun.
مُهَنْدِس
/muhandis/
Engineer (Masculine/ Singular)
مُهَنْدِســون
/muhandisoon/
Engineers (Masculine/ Plural)
مُهَنْدِســات
/muhandisaat/
Engineers (Feminine/ Plural)
Sound masculine plural can be created by adding the suffixes ون or ين at the end of any noun
As in
مُوَظَّف ----> مُوَظَّفــون
/muwaDHafoon/ /muwaDHaf/
مُوَظَّف ----> مُوَظَّفــين
/muwaDHafeen/ /muwaDHaf/
Employees - Employee
Sound masculine plural can be created by adding the suffixes ون or ين at the end of any noun
As in
مُوَظَّف ----> مُوَظَّفــون
/muwaDHafoon/ /muwaDHaf/
مُوَظَّف ----> مُوَظَّفــين
/muwaDHafeen/ /muwaDHaf/
Employees - Employee
Examples:
مُعَلِّم
/muʻallim/
Teacher (Masculine/ Singular)
مُعَلِّمـــون
/muʻallimoon/
Teachers (Masculine/ Plural)
Examples:
مُهَنْدِس
/muhandis/
Engineer (Masculine/ Singular)
مُهَنْدِســون
/muhandisoon/
Engineers (Masculine/ Plural)
Examples:
فَنَّان
/fannaan/
Artist (Masculine/ Singular)
فَنَّانـــون
/fannaanoon/
Artists (Masculine/ Plural)
Sound feminine plural can be created by adding the suffix ات at the end of any noun
As in
مُسْلِمَة
/muslimah/
Muslim (Feminine/ Singular)
مُسْلِمَـــات
/muslimaat/
Muslims (Feminine/ Plural)
Examples:
فَنَّانَة
/fannaanah/
Artist (Feminine/ Singular)
فَنَّانــات
/fannaanaat/
Artists (Feminine/ Plural)
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