plurals of multitude / جموع الكثرة (jumū‘ al-kathra)

Subclass of the broken plural, indicates a number from 3 to infinity. There are 13 patterns to this plural, a few of them being:

– فُعْل  usually from an adjective/noun of the pattern أفعَل  like: أحْمَر وحَمْراء (red) plural:  حُمْر

– فُعُل  from an adjective/noun of the pattern فُعول  like: صَبور  (patient) plural: صُبُر or from an adjective/noun of the pattern فعال  where the letter before the last letter is a long alif like كِتاب (book) plural: كُتُب

– فُعَل  from an adjective/noun of the pattern فُعْلَة  like: غُرْفة (room) plural: غُرَف

–  فِعَل  from an adjective/noun of the pattern فِعْلَة  like حِجَّة  (argument, excuse) plural: حِجَج