Template:ar-sing-noun

ar-sing-noun m (singulative)

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This template is for Arabic singulative nouns (nouns which have a feminine form and singular meaning, and where the equivalent masculine form is a collective noun that is grammatically singular but has a plural meaning). The equivalent masculine noun should use {{ar-coll-noun}}. See شَجَرَة (šajara) for an example of a singulative noun that uses many of the parameters below.

To generate a declension table, use {{ar-decl-sing-noun}}.

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: Usually m or f. Defaults to f. Separate multiple genders with a comma (with no space following). Per-item inline modifiers are supported (see below).
|coll=: Collective form(s), 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 collective, which is normally formed by removing the feminine ending ـَة (-a), but may involve other changes for weak nouns ending in -iya, -āh and the like.
|pauc=: Paucal form(s), 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 paucal form, which is formed using the sound feminine plural (normally with the ending ـَات (-āt)).
|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). You can use + to request the sound feminine plural, but this will rarely be correct because most plurals of singulative nouns are broken plurals.

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.
|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).
|id=: Sense ID, for linking to this particular headword when there is more than one. See {{senseid}} for more information.
|pagename=: Override the page name used to compute default values of various sorts. Useful when testing, for documentation pages, etc.
|json=1: Output the headword data in JSON form instead of the normal output. For use by bots.

Inline modifiers

All params above that allow for multiple comma-separated values support inline modifiers, e.g. |pl=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
شَجَرَة (šajara, “tree”)	`{{ar-sing-noun\|شَجَرَة\|pl=أَشْجَار\|pauc=+\|coll=+<g:m>}}`	شَجَرَة • (šajara) f (singulative, collective شَجَر m (šajar), plural أَشْجَار (ʔašjār), paucal شَجَرَات (šajarāt))
شَجَرَة اَلتُفَّاح (šajarat at-tuffāḥ, “apple tree”)	`{{ar-sing-noun\|[[شَجَرَة]] [[تفاح\|اَلتُّفَّاح]]<tr:šajarat at-tuffāḥ>\|pl=أَشْجَار اَلتُّفَّاح\|coll=شَجَر اَلتُّفَّاح}}`	شَجَرَة اَلتُّفَّاح • (šajarat at-tuffāḥ) f (singulative, collective شَجَر اَلتُّفَّاح m (šajar at-tuffāḥ), plural أَشْجَار اَلتُّفَّاح (ʔašjār at-tuffāḥ))
لُؤْلُؤَة (luʔluʔa, “pearl”)	`{{ar-sing-noun\|لُؤْلُؤَة\|coll=+}}`	لُؤْلُؤَة • (luʔluʔa) f (singulative, collective لُؤْلُؤ m (luʔluʔ))
دُرَّة (durra, “pearl”)	`{{ar-sing-noun\|دُرَّة\|pauc=+,دُرَر\|coll=+}}`	دُرَّة • (durra) f (singulative, collective دُرّ m (durr), paucal دُرَّات (durrāt) or دُرَر (durar))
إِنْسِيّ (ʔinsiyy, “human, man”)	`{{ar-sing-noun\|إِنْسِيّ\|m\|pl=أَنَاسِيّ,+\|coll=إِنْس<g:m>,أُنَاس,نَاس}}`	إِنْسِيّ • (ʔinsiyy) m (singulative, collective إِنْس m (ʔins) or أُنَاس m (ʔunās) or نَاس m (nās), plural أَنَاسِيّ (ʔanāsiyy) or إِنْسِيُّون (ʔinsiyyūn))
جِنِّيّ (jinniyy, “demon, jinni”)	`{{ar-sing-noun\|جِنِّيّ\|m\|pl=+,جَوَان,جِنَّان,جِنَّات\|coll=جِنّ<g:m>,جِنَّة<g:f>}}`	جِنِّيّ • (jinniyy) m (singulative, collective جِنّ m (jinn) or جِنَّة f (jinna), plural جِنِّيُّون (jinniyyūn) or جَوَان (jawān) or جِنَّان (jinnān) or جِنَّات (jinnāt))