Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 6, Semester 1 — Page 48

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كُلٌّ مِنْهَا وَاوٌ وَنُونٌ، أَوْ يَاءٌ وَنُونٌ، كَمَا نُلَاحِظُ أَنَّ تَرْتِيبَ أَحْرُفِ مُفْرَدِهَا سَلِمَ مِنَ التَّغْيِيرِ عِنْدَ الْجَمْعِ؛ لِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَ جَمْعَ مُذَكَّرٍ سَالِمًا.

(from previous page) ⟵ By observing the colored words (tourists, Muslims, Christians), we find them to be masculine plural nouns, and that their singular forms, respectively, are (tourist, Muslim, Christian), and that a 'waw' and 'nun' or a 'ya' and 'nun' have been added to the end of each of them. We also notice that the order of the letters of their singular forms remained unchanged when pluralized; therefore, it is called a sound masculine plural.

أَمَّا كَلِمَةُ (مُقَدَّسَاتٍ)؛ فَنَجِدُ أَنَّهَا اسْمٌ مُؤَنَّثٌ يَدُلُّ عَلَى الْجَمْعِ، وَأَنَّ مُفْرَدَهَا (مُقَدَّسَةٌ)، وَقَدْ زِيدَ عَلَى آخِرِهِ أَلِفٌ وَتَاءٌ، مَعَ بَقَاءِ تَرْتِيبِ أَحْرُفِهِ سَالِمًا مِنَ التَّغْيِيرِ عِنْدَ الْجَمْعِ؛ لِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَ جَمْعَ مُؤَنَّثٍ سَالِمًا.

As for the word (muqaddasat), it is a feminine noun indicating a plural. Its singular is (muqaddasah), to which an alif and a ta have been added. Because the order of its letters remains intact during pluralization, it is called a sound feminine plural.

وَعِنْدَ مُلَاحَظَةِ الْكَلِمَاتِ (الْمُدُنُ، وَشَائِجُ، بِقَاعٌ)؛ نَجِدُهَا أَسْمَاءً تَدُلُّ عَلَى الْجَمْعِ، وَأَنَّ مُفْرَدَهَا عَلَى التَّرْتِيبِ (الْمَدِينَةُ، وَشِيجَةٌ، بُقْعَةٌ)، وَقَدْ جُمِعَتْ عَلَى صِيَغٍ مُتَنَوِّعَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّنَا نُلَاحِظُ أَنَّ تَرْتِيبَ أَحْرُفِ مُفْرَدِهَا لَمْ يَسْلَمْ مِنَ التَّغْيِيرِ عِنْدَ الْجَمْعِ؛ لِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَ كُلٌّ مِنْهَا جَمْعَ تَكْسِيرٍ.

Observing the words (al-mudun, washaij, biqa'), we find they are plural nouns whose singular forms are (al-madinah, washijah, buq'ah). They are pluralized in various ways, but we note that the order of the letters in the singular form does not remain intact; therefore, each is called a broken plural.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (12 verbs · 39 nouns)

• لَاحَظَ — to observe
• سَلِمَ — to remain safe
• سَمَّى — to name
• كُلّ — all
• وَاو — waw
• نُون — nun