Intermediate - Feminine plural

Layla wrote:
interesting stuff!
so how would i change layla to plural? seeing as it ends in alif al-maqsura would it be laylayat?
and mustashfa (i think it means hospital correct me if i'm wrong lol). does mustashfa follow the same pattern? what is the plural of mustashfa?
and musa also ends in alif al-maqsura but it is masculine, does it follow a different pattern or the same? What is the plural of musa?
thanks, look forward to a response.
keep up the good work :-)

Salam Layla;
It is interesting question too.
Layla which has the ALEF MAQ9ORAH (ليلى) means ‘the very nice dark night’ as well as ‘the enjoyment of wine’.. It is also a girl name. Since it ends up with ALF AMQ9ORAH, then we simply do it as same as we did the second example in the transcript: we convert the ALF MAQ9ORAH to YA, then add the suffix AAT, see below:
ليلى > ليلي > ليليات
MUSTASHFA is exactly the same:
مستشفى > مستشفي > مستشفيات

About MUSA,, it is not easy one and I’ll give you my opinion, others might have different opinions. MUSA is a foreign name (علم اعجمي) – not an Arabic origin name. so if you compare it to the last example in the transcript, as well as the comment that we said in the mp3 file, if you compare it, you will find it similar, im my opinion MUSA takes feminine plural rule although it is a masculine name. However, you need to apply the ALF MAQ9ORAH rule to itt:
موسى > موسي > موسيات
So if you take it as simple as it is, you’ll find it easy,, but if we had explained this in the lesson, people would find it complicated and that’s why we avoid those details in the mp3 file and also that’s why this discussion feature is available so we can answer extra things.
I hope I covered everything you’ve asked about. Keep it up and I would love to hear more interesting questions from you.
TA7EYATI
Ehab

Layla wrote:
Thanks very much for clearing that up for me :-)
Good explanation!
Wa Salam Alaikum

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Very useful - except I thought that the plural of Roundabout was Rowandabeet - a broken plural? Perhaps that was just a weird joke someone told me.
Thanks!