How do you pluralize the name "Asma' (names)"? Is the alif superfluous? And what is the plural of "ghazat (raiders)"?
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The questioner : May Allah preserve you. Regarding "Asma'" and "Ghazat," in "Asma'" the alif...
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : Where is the alif?
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : Asma'.
The Shaykh : In "Asma'", the alif is between the mim and the hamzah.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : How do you pluralize it?
The Shaykh : For "Asma'", one may say "Asma'at" or "Asma'at." We will come to this, if Allah wills, in the chapter on the elongated alif of femininity, where it is permissible to change it to a waw, and it is permissible to leave it as is.
The questioner : Is there not an alif here?
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : Is there not an alif here?
The Shaykh : Where?
The questioner : A superfluous alif.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If we say "Asma'at," it becomes a sound feminine plural.
The questioner : And "Ghazat."
The Shaykh : And "Ghazat" has no broken plural because the root of "Ghazat" is Fa'ilat, and its pattern is Fa'ilat. The alif is the lam, the final letter of the word. It is clear. It has many examples: "Ghazat," "Hudat," "Du'at." None of these are sound feminine plurals because the alif in them is original. If you were asked to give the pattern of "Ghazat"...
The questioner : Fa'at.
The Shaykh : Fa'at. No, no. Ah.
The questioner : Fa'al.
The Shaykh : Fa'al. The taa is not original. From "ghaza" (to raid), "yaghu" (he raids), "ghazat" (raiders). They say its pattern is Fa'ilat, and its original form is "Ghawwat" (Ghazwah), but the movement of the waw was transferred to the correct silent letter before it, then it was changed to an alif, becoming "Ghazat." O Allah, make us "Hudat" (guiders) and guided, or "Hudat"?
The questioner : O Allah, make us "Hudat."
The Shaykh : In the accusative case? Why do you make it accusative? It has an alif and a taa; you do not make it accusative with a fathah, do you?
The questioner : The alif is not...
The Shaykh : The alif is original. The pattern of "Hudat" is...
The questioner : Fa'ilat.
The Shaykh : Fa'ilat. Perfectly clear now. Good. Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : Where is the alif?
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : Asma'.
The Shaykh : In "Asma'", the alif is between the mim and the hamzah.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : How do you pluralize it?
The Shaykh : For "Asma'", one may say "Asma'at" or "Asma'at." We will come to this, if Allah wills, in the chapter on the elongated alif of femininity, where it is permissible to change it to a waw, and it is permissible to leave it as is.
The questioner : Is there not an alif here?
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : Is there not an alif here?
The Shaykh : Where?
The questioner : A superfluous alif.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If we say "Asma'at," it becomes a sound feminine plural.
The questioner : And "Ghazat."
The Shaykh : And "Ghazat" has no broken plural because the root of "Ghazat" is Fa'ilat, and its pattern is Fa'ilat. The alif is the lam, the final letter of the word. It is clear. It has many examples: "Ghazat," "Hudat," "Du'at." None of these are sound feminine plurals because the alif in them is original. If you were asked to give the pattern of "Ghazat"...
The questioner : Fa'at.
The Shaykh : Fa'at. No, no. Ah.
The questioner : Fa'al.
The Shaykh : Fa'al. The taa is not original. From "ghaza" (to raid), "yaghu" (he raids), "ghazat" (raiders). They say its pattern is Fa'ilat, and its original form is "Ghawwat" (Ghazwah), but the movement of the waw was transferred to the correct silent letter before it, then it was changed to an alif, becoming "Ghazat." O Allah, make us "Hudat" (guiders) and guided, or "Hudat"?
The questioner : O Allah, make us "Hudat."
The Shaykh : In the accusative case? Why do you make it accusative? It has an alif and a taa; you do not make it accusative with a fathah, do you?
The questioner : The alif is not...
The Shaykh : The alif is original. The pattern of "Hudat" is...
The questioner : Fa'ilat.
The Shaykh : Fa'ilat. Perfectly clear now. Good. Yes.