Arabic Grammar: Broken Plural in Arabic جمع التكسير - Lesson 46

As we have learned from the previous lesson, turning a singular noun into a sound plural noun is achieved by adding a suffix maintaining the inner structure of the word intact. On the other hand, the broken plural(irregular plural) is generated by applying a variety of patterns to the radicals (root-letters) of the singular noun(it is an internal change), and this is the secret behind its name JAMU TAKSIR. TAKSIR is the verbal noun of KASSARA which means to break into pieces, to shatter(this kind of plural