Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! Masculine Sound Plural ========================== It was mentioned earlier that the Masculine Sound Plural (MSP) is formed by suffixing ( ونَ ) for the nominative case, and (** ـينَ** ) for the accusative and genitive cases, to the singular form of the noun. **موَظـَّفٌ – موَظـَّفونَ / موَظـَّفينَ** The final ( ـنَ ) of this kind of plural is dropped when such a noun takes the position of a first term of Idaafa.
This rule applies regardless of the case of the noun, whether it is nominative, accusative, or genitive. **موَظـَّفو الجامعةِ / موَظـَّفي الجامعةِ** the university employees (N and A & G) Previous Next