مُفْرَد
mufrad
Singular
Sarf · morphologyNumber & plural typecore term25,253+ in the Qur'an
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Singular
Classical definition
المُفْرَدُ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى وَاحِدٍ أَوْ وَاحِدَةٍ، كَرَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ.
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What it is
Arabic counts in threes, not twos: singular, dual, and plural. The mufrad is the singular — one of something — and it is the base form from which the dual and plural are built. It is where every noun begins, before number is added to it.
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