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A Study on the Arabic Plural forms

This study deals with Arabic plurals. So far, the regular plural of Arabic has been explained based on its writing system; however, this research tries to explain the regular plural formation mechanism phonetically. In other words, when the last vowel of the single form is stretched to become a long vowel, it becomes a plural form. The nouns denoting people do not follow the regular masculine plural form in Arabic. It is important that if a noun is used in the regular plural form, it is no longer a true regular plural form, but the similar form of a regular plural form. In addition, if a Maṣdar(commonly called a gerund) follows plural form rules, word class of the vocabulary will have converted form from Maṣdar to noun because the Maṣdar does not have a plural form. Finally, the researcher will handle the plural form that is taught wrongly or incorrectly in Korea.