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Nouns may be singular or plural. Nouns may also be used in the dual, which is borrowed from Arabic. | Nouns may be singular or plural. Nouns may also be used in the dual, which is borrowed from Arabic. | ||
=====Regular plurals===== | |||
Nouns are pluralized based on their ending and gender as follows: | Nouns are pluralized based on their ending and gender as follows: | ||
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=====Irregular plurals===== | |||
Some words, mostly of Arabic origin, take a plural in ''-ín'' (masculine) or ''-at'' (feminine). There are also some broken plurals. | |||
In all cases, it is accepted to pluralize these words regularly. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||