justice
15-12-2007, 10:51 AM
Asalamu alikum waramatu allah wabarakatuh
it is confusing to get the plural of some words especially when they do not follow the rule of adding S to the noun to make it plural.
i will give two words as an example of such confusing words.
The first word is Index: you can make this word plural by omitting X and adding ices
therfore : index is the singualr noun
and indices is the plural of index
The second word is alaysis, we can make it plural by changing one letter only which is I
the singular noun is analysis but the plural is analyses
the rule is not only for analysis and index but for all words that are similar
that is all............................................... ........
it is confusing to get the plural of some words especially when they do not follow the rule of adding S to the noun to make it plural.
i will give two words as an example of such confusing words.
The first word is Index: you can make this word plural by omitting X and adding ices
therfore : index is the singualr noun
and indices is the plural of index
The second word is alaysis, we can make it plural by changing one letter only which is I
the singular noun is analysis but the plural is analyses
the rule is not only for analysis and index but for all words that are similar
that is all............................................... ........