SOUND FEMININE PLURAL FORMS IN ARABIC LANGUAGE (جمع المؤنث السالم)
By: Yusuf Basirat Bolanle
Check out our previous lessons, we have discussed Plural Forms of different types in Arabic Language, specifically Sound Masculine Plural Forms and broken Plural
Today, we shall talk about Feminine Plural Formations with different examples to illustrate our explanations.
DEFINITION AND DISCUSSION
Sound Feminine Plural
Sound feminine Plural in Arabic Language is known as (جمع المؤنث السالم), it refers to the feminine entities which are more than two in number.
The sound feminine plurals are formed by adding (ات) to the end of their singular forms.
The formation of sound feminine plural, like others can also come in three ways, which are:
1. Feminine Pronoun Plural
(الضمائر للجمع المؤنث السالم)
The feminine plural pronoun for the first person is (نحن) “We"
while that of the second person is (أنتُنّ) “You" for the feminine
plural. The third person plural pronoun for feminine is (هن)
“They".
Examples
الفرد الجمع
Plural Singular
أنا نحن
أنت أنتن
هى هن
The feminine Plural Pronoun (الضمائر للجمع المؤنث السالم) can also
be used as:
subject, object and possessive pronouns
- When they are used in the position of Subjects,
functioning as the doers in the sentence. Examples are:
هُنَّ يَجْلِسْنَ
They are sitting
أنتنّ تَدْرُسْنَ
You are studying
- When used in the position of objects, functioning as the
receiver of the actions in the sentence. Examples are:
ضربْتُهُنَّ
I beat them
اِشْتَرَيْتُهُنَّ
I bought them
- They can be used with the preposition in the sentence
and function as the prepositional object. Examples are:
ذهبت إليهِنَّ
I went to them
سلَّمْتُ عليكن
I greeted you
- They can be used as the possessive pronouns in the
sentence. examples are:
كتابُهُنَّ
Their book
سَيَّارَتُكُنَّ
Your car
2. Sound Nominal Feminine Plural
( الاسماء للجمع المؤنث السالم)
In Arabic language, feminine singular nouns are made plural
by adding (ات) to their ends. So, the plural maker is (ات), and it
remains the same regardless of the position of the sound
feminine plural noun in the sentence.
When the sound feminine plural nouns are in the position of
subject, the passing mark on the (تُ) will be (dammah), but if
they are in positin of object or after a preposition the parsing
mark on the (تِ) changes to (kasrah)
- The (تُ) if they are in subjective positions in the
sentences: Examples are:
الاسم المفرد
Singular Nouns
المهندسة
الطالبة
الجمع المؤنث في محلّ الرفع
Feminine Plurals in Position to take Dammah e.g Subjective position
المهندساتُ
الطالباتُ
الأمثلة فى الجمل
Examples in the sentence
المهندساتُ الجديدات
الطلباتُ يجلسْنَ على المقعد
- The (تِ) if they are in objective positions in the
sentences: Examples are:
الاسم المفرد
Singular Feminine Nouns
المهندسة
الطالبة
الجمع المؤنث في محلّ النَّصْب
Feminine Plurals in Position to take Fatha
e.g Objective position
المهندساتِ
الطالباتِ
الامثلة فى الجمل
Examples in the sentence
رأيت المهندساتِ
كلَّمتُ الطلباتِ
- The (تِ) if they are in prepositional object positions in the
sentences: Examples are:
الاسم المفرد
Feminine singular Nouns
المهندسة
الطالبة
الجمع المؤنث المجرور
Feminine Plurals in Position to take Kasrah
e.g Prepositional position
المهندساتِ
الطالباتِ
الامثلة فى الجمل
Examples in the sentence
تَحَدَّثْتُ مع المهندساتِ
مَرَرْتُ بالطالباتِ
- The (تِ) if they are in possessive positions (مضاف إليه) in
the sentences: Examples are:
سيّارة المهندساتِ جديدة
The Female engineers’ car is new
كتاب الطالباتِ جديدة
The students’ book is new
Note:
The plural maker (ات) remains the same regardless of
the
position of the sound feminine plural noun in the sentence.
The parsing marks of this type of noun is similar to that of
singular nouns, that they get Dammah, if subjective and
kasrah, if accusative or genitive.
3. The Plural Verbs for Sound feminine
(الأفعال للجمع المؤنث السالم)
The plural maker is (ن) in the case of sound feminine plural. If
the verb is (المنصوب) subjunctive or (المجزوم) jussive, the (ن) of
the sound feminine plural remains the same, either the verb is
in the past or present tenses. as in these examples:
- When the verbs are in their past forms, the plural will be
indicated by (ن).
المسلماتُ
جلسْنَ على الكرسي
The Muslim women sat on the chair
الطبيباتُ شَرِبْنَ القهوة
The female doctors drank coffee
- When the verbs are in their present forms, the plural will
still be indicated by (ن).
المسلمات يَجْلِسْنَ على الكرسي
The Muslim females sit on the chair
الطبيباتُ يَشْرَبْنَ قهوة
The female doctors drink coffee
- When the verbs are in (المنصوب) subjunctive or (المجزوم)
jussive forms the plural will be indicated by same (ن)
المسلمات لن يجلسن على الكرسي
The female Muslims will never sit on the chair
الطبيباتُ لم يشربن قهوة
The female doctors did not drink coffee
- It is very important to note that the (ن) only appears in the
verb if the verb comes after the plural subjects. but if the
plural subject comes after the verbs, the verb remains
singular without adding (ن).
جلست المسلماتُ على الكرسي
The Muslim women sat on the chair
المسلماتُ جلسْنَ على الكرسي
The Muslim women sat on the chair
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