Darija - Plurals
Regular Plurals:
To form the plural, we regularly add (în) to a masculine word, and (ât) to a feminine one.
|
English |
Masc. Sing. |
Masc. Plural |
|
Teacher |
Mô3llim Ù…ÙعلّÙÙ… |
Mô3llimîn Ù…ÙعلّÙمين |
|
Employee |
MowDDaf Ù…Ùوْضّ٠|
MowDDafîn Ù…ÙوْضّÙين |
|
English |
Fem. Sing. |
Fem Plural |
|
Teacher |
Mô3llima Ù…ÙعلّÙمة |
Mô3llimât Ù…ÙعلّÙمات |
|
Employee |
MowDDafa Ù…ÙوْضّÙØ© |
MowDDafât Ù…ÙوْضّÙات |
Broken Plurals:
As there are no rules for broken plurals, you just need to learn them by heart.
|
English word |
Singular |
Plural |
|
Professor |
Ostâd (m.) أستاد Ostâda (f.) أستادة |
Asâtida (m.) أساتدة Ostâdât (f.) أستادات |
|
Book |
Ktâb كتاب |
Ktôba كتوبة |
|
Man |
Râjl راجل |
Rjjâla رجالة |
|
Woman |
Mra مرا |
Mrawât مراوات 3yâlât عيالات |
|
Monkey |
Qrd قرد |
Qrôda قرودة |
Adjectives:
It’s very usual to use the masculine plural form of adjectives for feminine as well.
|
Adjective |
Masc. Sing. |
Masc. Plural |
|
Big |
Kbîr كبير |
Kbâr كْبار |
|
Small |
Sghîr صْغير |
Sghâr صْغار |
|
New |
Jdîd جْديد |
Jdâd جْداد |
|
Short |
QSîr قْصير |
QSâr قْصار |
|
Beautiful |
Zwîn زْوين |
Zwînîn زْوينين |
Examples:
- Girl = bnt, – Little girls (Bnât Sghâr بْنات صْغار), or very rarely (bnât Sghârât
بْنات صْغارات ).
- Skirt = Sâya صايا – Long skirts (Sâyât Twâl صَايات طْوال ).
- Shirt = qamîja قميجة – New shirts (Qwâmj jdâd قْوامج جْداد).
[For more adjectives, please refer to the list of adjectives.]
