Template:ar-coll-noun/documentation

This template is for Arabic collective nouns (nouns which are grammatically singular but have a plural meaning, and where the equivalent feminine noun has a singulative meaning). The equivalent feminine noun, with singulative meaning, should use. See شجر for an example of a collective noun that uses many of the parameters below.

Parameters

 * and,   ...
 * Overrides the displayed headword. This should be used to provide the vocalized equivalent of page name (i.e. with vowel diacritics). Should always be included.
 * Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible vocalized equivalents of page name.


 * and,   ...
 * Transliteration. Normally unnecessary if the vocalized form was already provided, as it will be automatically derived. But see comments in about irregular spellings of borrowed nouns and consequent need to specify transliterations (see also About Arabic).
 * If multiple vocalised variants of the page name were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered  parameter.


 * Gender: m or f or mf (rare).
 * Gender: m or f or mf (rare).


 * Singulative form, with vowel diacritics if known.
 * Singulative form, with vowel diacritics if known.


 * Transliteration of singulative. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
 * Transliteration of singulative. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.


 * Gender of the singulative.
 * Gender of the singulative.


 * and,   ...
 * Dual form, with vowel diacritics if known.
 * Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible dual forms.


 * and,   ...
 * Transliteration of dual. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
 * If multiple dual forms were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered  parameter.


 * and,   ...
 * Paucal form, with vowel diacritics if known.
 * Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible paucal forms.


 * and,   ...
 * Transliteration of paucal. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
 * If multiple paucal forms were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered  parameter.


 * and,   ...
 * Plural form, with vowel diacritics if known. If the noun has no plural, use.
 * Additional parameters are available if there are multiple possible plural forms.


 * and,   ...
 * Transliteration of plural. Generally unnecessary if vowels were provided.
 * If multiple plural forms were provided, then each one has a corresponding numbered  parameter.