Template:ar-noun

ar-noun m

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Module:ar-headword

This template is for displaying the headword line of Arabic common nouns. See also:

{{ar-proper noun}}: Proper nouns. Does not include names of nationalities (e.g. فَرَنْسِيّ (faransiyy, “Frenchman”)) or languages (e.g. عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy, “Arabic”)) even though they happen to be capitalized in English. Does include nouns that refer (at least to some extent) to a single unique entity, such as names of people and places.
{{ar-noun+}}: Like {{ar-noun}}, but automatically supplies sound defaults for the plural, as well as for the feminine (of masculine nouns) and masculine (of feminine nouns). Should be used for most nouns referring to people and animals, including particularly nouns formed using the nisba ending ـِيّ (-iyy) (which includes most nationalities and languages).
{{ar-coll-noun}}: Collective nouns.
{{ar-sing-noun}}: Singulative nouns.
{{ar-adj}}: Adjectives, especially irregular ones.
{{ar-adj+}}: Regular adjectives. Identical to {{ar-adj}} except supplies default values for the feminine, masculine plural and feminine plural inflections using "sound" formations (i.e. adding endings instead of changing the internal vowels, as in broken plurals).

Please note that the pronunciation of borrowed nouns often doesn't match their spelling, in that short vowels are often spelled as long vowels to aid in pronunciation. Furthermore, pronunciation of borrowed nouns often includes short and long e and o, which cannot be indicated using diacritics. Hence, it may not be possible to adequately specify the pronunciation of a borrowed noun using vowel diacritics, and it may also be necessary to explicitly specify a transliteration. Examples are كيروسين (kirusīn, “kerosene”), where short i and u are spelled with long vowels, and كلوروفورم (klōrofōrm, “chloroform”), where a spelled long و (ū) stands variously for short o and long ō.

Main parameters

|1=: Override the displayed headword. This should be used to provide the vocalized equivalent of page name (i.e. with vowel diacritics). Should always be included. Separate multiple vocalizations with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below); in particular, use <tr:...> on a headword to override the automatically generated transliteration. (Normally it is unnecessary to supply transliteration; instead, prefer to use vocalization in the Arabic script. But see comments above about irregular spellings of borrowed nouns and the consequent need to specify transliterations, and see also Wiktionary:Arabic entry guidelines#Romanization.) Use + for the value of a headword to use the pagename as the headword (normally this shouldn't be done, but is useful if the pagename is not in the Arabic script, e.g. for Arabic words written in Hebrew script such as מלך (malik, “king”)).
|2=: Gender: m or f or p or m-p or f-p. Generally, non-human plurals take plain p, while human plurals take m-p or f-p. Separate multiple genders with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below).
|pl=: Plural form(s), which should be vocalized. Separate multiple items with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below). To include a sound plural, use + to request the sound plural appropriate for the gender (sound plural in ـُون (-ūn) for masculine nouns, sound plural in ـَات (-āt) for feminine nouns), or +f to request the sound feminine plural for masculine nouns (which is common in nouns referring to inanimate objects). The default algorithm correctly handles final-weak nouns in -in, -an, -āh and the like.
|f=: Feminine form(s) for masculine nouns referring to humans that have a female equivalent, which should be vocalized. Separate multiple items with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below). Use + to request the default feminine form, which normally adds ـَة (-a) to the masculine form but makes the appropriate modifiations for final-weak nouns in -in and -an.
|m=: Masculine form(s) for feminine nouns referring to humans that have a male equivalent, which should be vocalized. Separate multiple items with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below). Use + to request the default masculine form, which normally removes ـَة (-a) from the feminine form, but has special rules to handle forming the masculine from the feminine of final-weak nouns.

Secondary parameters, used if needed

|d=: Dual form(s), which should be vocalized. Only specify if the dual is irregular. Separate multiple items with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below). Use + to request the default dual appropriate for the gender (usually in ـَان (-ān) for masculine nouns and ـَتَان (-atān) for feminine nouns, but with appropriate modifications for final-weak nouns). Note that dual forms should not be included unless they are irregular, meaning that + should usually not stand on its own, but only used when there are multiple dual forms, some of which are regular and some irregular.
|pauc=: Paucal form(s), which should be vocalized. Only specify if the paucal is irregular. Separate multiple items with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below). Use + to request the default paucal form, which uses the same formation rules as for the sound feminine plural. Note that paucal forms should not be included unless they are irregular, meaning that + should usually not stand on its own, but only used when there are multiple paucal forms, some of which are regular and some irregular.
|cons=: Construct form(s), which should be vocalized. Only specify if the construct form is irregular. Separate multiple items with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below). If the noun ends in -an or -in, a regular construct form will automatically be displayed unless overridden. Use |cons=-- to suppress display of the automatic construct form, |cons=- to specify that there is no construct form, and |cons=+ to explicitly request the automatic construct form for a noun in -an or -in (useful if mixed in with irregular construct forms, although there may be no cases where this is required).
|obl=: Oblique form(s), which should be vocalized. Only specify if the oblique form is irregular. Separate multiple items with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below).
|def=, |inf=: Definite and informal form(s) (respectively), which should be vocalized. Only specify if irregular, but in practice they almost never need to be given. Separate multiple items with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below).
|nisba=1, |nisba=0: Override the default detection of whether the noun is a nisba (relative) noun. Nouns formed with the ــِيّ (-iyy) and ــِيَّة (-iyya) suffixes are nisba nouns. They are autodetected based on the ending, exlcuding words of the form فَعِيّ (faʕiyy) such as صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy, “boy”), which works most of the time, but occasionally results in false positives or false negatives. Use |nisba=1 to force treatment as a nisba, and |nisba=0 to force non-treatment as a nisba. This only affects categorization, not declension.

Inline modifiers

All params above that allow for multiple comma-separated values support inline modifiers, e.g. |cpl=إِنَاث,أَنَاثَى,أُنُث<l:rare> to attach a label rare to the third plural. The following modifiers are recognized:

tr: manual translit; cannot be specified for genders as it doesn't make sense to do so
g: gender(s), comma-separated (with no space following the comma) if there is more than one; cannot be specified for genders (as it doesn't make sense to do so) or headwords (which use a separate gender spec in |2=)
q: qualifier, e.g. <q:in the plural> or <q:when referring to a card game>; this appears *BEFORE* the term, parenthesized and italicized
qq: qualifier, e.g. <qq:in the plural> or <qq:when referring to a card game>; this appears *AFTER* the term, parenthesized and italicized
l: comma-separated list of labels, e.g. <l:rare> or <l:dated,or,literary>; this appears *BEFORE* the term, parenthesized and italicized
ll: comma-separated list of labels, e.g. <ll:rare> or <ll:dated,or,literary>; this appears *AFTER* the term, parenthesized and italicized
ref: one or more references, in the format documented in Module:references and {{IPA}}
id: sense ID; see {{senseid}}; cannot be specified for headwords or genders as it doesn't make sense to do so
cons: construct form of a parameter referring to a noun or noun form; only use this if it's irregular; if the noun ends in -an or -in, a regular construct form will be displayed unless overridden (see the |cons= parameter above); this value can in turn take <tr:...>, <g:...>, <q:...>, <qq:...>, <l:...>, <ll:...>, <ref:...> and <id:...> inline modifiers
obl: oblique form(s) of a parameter referring to a noun or noun form; only use this if it's irregular, and separate multiple values with a comma (with no space following); individual values can in turn take <tr:...>, <g:...>, <q:...>, <qq:...>, <l:...>, <ll:...>, <ref:...> and <id:...> inline modifiers
def, inf: definite and informal form(s) (respectively) of a noun or noun form; almost never need to be given; separate multiple values with a comma (with no space following); individual values can in turn take <tr:...>, <g:...>, <q:...>, <qq:...>, <l:...>, <ll:...>, <ref:...> and <id:...> inline modifiers

Examples

Term	Wikicode	Result
صَلَاة (ṣalāh, “prayer”)	`{{ar-noun\|صَلَاة\|f\|pl=+}}`	صَلَاة • (ṣalāh) f (plural صَلَوَات (ṣalawāt))
دُولَار (dōlār, dūlār, “dollar”)	`{{ar-noun\|دُولَار<tr:dōlār>,دُولَار\|m\|pl=+f}}`	دُولَار • (dōlār or dūlār) m (plural دُولَارَات (dōlārāt) or دُولَارَات (dūlārāt))
مَرْأَة (marʔa, “woman”)	`{{ar-noun\|مَرْأَة\|f\|pl=نِسَاء}}`	مَرْأَة • (marʔa) f (plural نِسَاء (nisāʔ))
أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā, “female”)	`{{ar-noun\|أُنْثَى\|f\|pl=إِنَاث,أَنَاثَى,أُنُث}}`	أُنْثَى • (ʔunṯā) f (plural إِنَاث (ʔināṯ) or أَنَاثَى (ʔanāṯā) or أُنُث (ʔunuṯ))
فَتْوَى (fatwā, “fatwa”)	`{{ar-noun\|فَتْوَى\|f\|pl=فَتَاوَى,فَتَاوٍ}}`	فَتْوَى • (fatwā) f (plural فَتَاوَى (fatāwā) or فَتَاوٍ (fatāwin, construct state فَتَاوِي (fatāwī)))
شُوكُولَاتَة (šukūlāta, šokolāta, “chocolate”)	`{{ar-noun\|شُوكُولَاتَة<tr:šukūlāta>,شُوكُولَاتَة<tr:šokolāta>\|f}}`	شُوكُولَاتَة • (šukūlāta or šokolāta) f
مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan, “hospital”)	`{{ar-noun\|مُسْتَشْفًى\|m}}`	مُسْتَشْفًى • (mustašfan) m (construct state مُسْتَشْفَى (mustašfā))
سُلَّم (sullam, “ladder, stairs”)	`{{ar-noun\|سُلَّم\|f,m\|pl=سَلَالِم}}`	سُلَّم • (sullam) f or m (plural سَلَالِم (salālim))
مَعْنًى (maʕnan, “meaning”)	`{{ar-noun\|مَعْنًى\|m\|pl=مَعَانٍ}}`	مَعْنًى • (maʕnan) m (construct state مَعْنَى (maʕnā), plural مَعَانٍ (maʕānin, construct state مَعَانِي (maʕānī)))
ذُو (ḏū, “owner, possessor (of)”)	`{{ar-noun\|ذُو\|m\|f=ذَات\|d=ذَوَا<obl:ذَوَيْ>\|pl=ذَوُو<obl:ذَوِي>,أُولُو<tr:ʔulū><obl:أُولِي<tr:ʔulī>>}}` (display is confusing due to Unicode BIDI issues, but is underlyingly correct; `>,` appears as `,<`)	ذُو • (ḏū) m (dual ذَوَا (ḏawā, oblique ذَوَيْ (ḏaway)), plural ذَوُو (ḏawū, oblique ذَوِي (ḏawī)) or أُولُو (ʔulū, oblique أُولِي (ʔulī)), feminine ذَات (ḏāt))
ذَات (ḏāt, “female owner/possessor (of)”)	`{{ar-noun\|ذَات\|f\|m=ذُو\|d=ذَوَاتَا<obl:ذَوَاتَيْ>,ذَاتَا<obl:ذَاتَيْ>\|pl=ذَوَات,أُولَات<tr:ʔulāt>}}` (here too)	ذَات • (ḏāt) f (dual ذَوَاتَا (ḏawātā, oblique ذَوَاتَيْ (ḏawātay)) or ذَاتَا (ḏātā, oblique ذَاتَيْ (ḏātay)), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt) or أُولَات (ʔulāt), masculine ذُو (ḏū))
מא (“water”)	`{{ar-noun\|+<tr:māʔ>\|m}}`	מא • (māʔ) m