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In this
section we will learn about a new form of nouns Insha
Allah.
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In Arabic nouns are divided in two categories that
do not existing in the English Language. In Arabic nouns are either
Rational or Irrational
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Rational Nouns are those which refer
to human beings. They are also called intelligent i.e.,
ÚóÇÞöáñ.
Besides human beings, angels,
Jinn (in Islam), the devil and such are included
in this class. Some examples of rational
nouns are (doctor, boy, man) - i.e. ÑóÌõáñ¡
æóáóÏñ¡
ØóÈöíúÈñ
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Irrational Nouns are those which refer
to non human beings. They are also called non-intelligent i.e.,
ÛóíúÑõ ÚóÇÞöáò.
Irrational nouns refer to non living
objects, animals, concepts and non human beings like trees and
plants etc. Some examples of irrational
nouns are tree, notebook, book - i.e.
ßöÊóÇÈñ¡
ÏóÝúÊóÑñ¡
ÔóÌóÑóÉñ.
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In the singular form
there is no difference
between these two groups, however, there is a very important difference
in the plural form of these two groups. The plurals of Rational Nouns
are treated as Plural, whereas the plurals of Irrational nouns are
treated as feminine singular. This
concept takes some practice to understand and we will cover some
examples below Insha'Allah:
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We can compare this
to the plural of Irrational
Nouns. We can see below that despite the
nouns being plural, the pronouns that relate to these nouns are
singular feminine - this does not change the plural word itself,
only how the plural is treated and includes adjectives - i.e.
an adjective following an irrational noun will be feminine singular:
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Lets look at some examples to understand
this rule further:
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