Arabic Numbers: One · Two · Many
Arabic has a three-number system — singular for one, dual for exactly two, and plural for three or more. Master 40 essential words across family, faith, nature, and everyday life.
📖 Includes Qur'anic vocabulary
📖 Grammar Reference — how Arabic marks number
- Singular مُفْرَد
- Names exactly one thing. This is the dictionary form.
- Dual مُثَنَّى
- Names exactly two things — a feature most languages lack!
- Plural جَمْع
- Names three or more things.
How the dual is built:
• Masculine nouns add ـَان (−ān): كِتَاب → كِتَابَان
• Feminine nouns add ـتَان (−tān): مُسْلِمَة → مُسْلِمَتَان
Plurals are either sound (regular suffix) — مُسْلِمُون, مُسْلِمَات — or broken (the word's shape changes) — كُتُب, بُيُوت.
• Masculine nouns add ـَان (−ān): كِتَاب → كِتَابَان
• Feminine nouns add ـتَان (−tān): مُسْلِمَة → مُسْلِمَتَان
Plurals are either sound (regular suffix) — مُسْلِمُون, مُسْلِمَات — or broken (the word's shape changes) — كُتُب, بُيُوت.