Egyptian Plural

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Egyptian Plural

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

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Egyptian has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Egyptian.

List of Plurals 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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