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Learning the Egyptian Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Egyptian language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Egyptian.
Egyptian Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers.
In Egyptian the formation of the plural is difficult, since there are many patterns. It is advised to learn the plural with the singular, a good Egyptian dictionary like the “Hans Wehr Egyptian dictionary will include the plural or plurals (sometimes there are more) in each entry. Examples are kitaab –kutub, [book - books], walad – awlad [boy – boys], sayara – sayaraat [car – cars], radjul – rejaal [man – men]. The last two are examples of the sound plural which for masculine adds un at the end and for feminine aat at the and. (Note the ta marbuta has to be change to a normal open t).
Here are some examples:| English Plural | Egyptian Plural |
|---|---|
| Plural | gueme3 - جمع |
| my book | ketabi - كِتابي |
| my books | ketebi - كتبي |
| our daughter | beneti - بِنتي |
| our daughters | benatna - بناتـْنا |
| I'm cold | ana bardan - أنا بَرْدان |
| we're cold | a7ena beredanin - احنا بردانـِين |
| his chickens | ferakhoh - فِراخـُه |
| their chicken | ferakhehom - فِراخهُم |
Notice the structure of the Plural in Egyptian.
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Egyptian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Egyptian vocabulary.
| English Plural | Egyptian Plural |
|---|---|
| alligator | temsa7 - تِمْساح |
| alligators | temasi7 - تماسِيح |
| bear | deb - دب |
| bears | debeba - دببة |
| bird | ta'er - طائِر |
| birds | toyor - طـُيور |
| bull | tor - طور |
| bulls | tiran - تيران |
| cat | 2otaa - قـُطَّة |
| cats | 2otet - قـُطط |
| cow | ba2ara - بَقـَرة |
| cows | ba2er - بَقر |
| deer | ghazal - غـَزال |
| many deer | ghezlan - غِزْلان |
| dog | kalb - كَلْب |
| dogs | kelab - كِلاب |
| donkey | 7omar - حُمار |
| donkeys | 7emir - حِمير |
| eagle | neser - نِسر |
| eagles | nesor - نسور |
| elephant | fil - فيل |
| elephants | afyal - أفيال |
| giraffe | zerafa - زرافة |
| giraffes | zerafat - زرافات |
| goat | me3eza - مِعزة |
| goats | me3iz - مِعيز |
| horse | 7osan - حُصان |
| horses | 7esena - حِصِنة |
| lion | ased - أسد |
| lions | asod - أسود |
| monkey | 2ered - قِرد |
| monkeys | 2erod - قرود |
| mouse | far - فار |
| mice | firan - فيران |
| rabbit | areneb - أرنب |
| rabbits | araneb - أرانِب |
| snake | te3eban - تِعبان |
| snakes | te3abin - تعابـِين |
| tiger | nemer - نِمر |
| tigers | nemor - نِمور |
| wolf | dib - ديب |
| wolves | dyaba - ديابة |
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