(١٣) الْدرسُ الْثَّالِثُ عَشَرَ (أ) - Lesson 13-A

In order to convert a singular feminine noun or adjective to plural the following steps should be taken:

• The last letter "ة" of the feminine word is replaced with "ات" and the double vowel (in the case of the indefinite word) or the single vowel (in case of a definite word) is placed on the last letter "ت".

صَغِيْرَةٌ ====== صَغِيْرَاتٌ

      Small things (feminine) ========== A small thing (feminine)

مَعَ مُدَرِّسَةٍ ====== مَعَ مُدَرِّسَاتٍ

    With female teachers ========== With a female teacher

الْمُهَنْدِسَةُ ====== الْمُهَنْدِسَاتُ

  The female engineers ========== The female engineer

• Lets take some examples to understand this rule:

Picture	English	Arabic
	A female instructor is in the house	مُعَلِّمَةٌ فِي الْبَيْتِ
	Female instructors are in the house	مُعَلِّمَاتٌ فِي الْبَيْتِ
	This female student is hard working	هَذِهِ الْطَّالِبَةُ مُجْتَهِدَةٌ
	These female students are hard working	هَؤُلاَءِ الْطَّالِبَاتُ مُجْتَهِدَاتٌ
	I went with a female engineer	ذَهَبْتُ مَعَ مُهَنْدِسَةٍ
	I went with female engineers	ذَهَبْتُ مَعَ مُهَنْدِسَاتٍ
	Khalida visited a female scholar	زَارَتْ خَالِدَةٌ عَالِمَةً
	Khalida visited female scholars	زَارَتْ خَالِدَةٌ عَالِمَاتً