All Rules for Making Singular to Plurals

 All Singular plural grammar 

List of Singular and plural grammar 

Rules for making plural in grammar 

All singular plural with meaning in Sindhi

Singular	Plural
Arm	Arms
Bat	Bats
Cap	Caps
Dog	Dogs
Friend	Friends
Girl	Girls
King	Kings
Ticket	Tickets
Poet	Poets

 

 

 

(a)       By adding “es" to the Singular if it ends in “s,"  “ch," “sh" or “x"

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Ass	گڏه	Asses
Bench	ججن جي جماعت	Benches
Box	صندوق,   دٻو	Boxes
Brush	ٻهاري ڏيڻ	Brushes
Class	جماعت، درجو، رتبو	Classes
Dish	کاڌو ، رڪيبي	Dishes
Tax	محصول،	Taxes
Watch	گهڙي	Watches

 

 

 

(b)      By adding “es" to the Singular, ending in “O"

 

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Buffalo	مينهن	Buffaloes
Echo	پڙاڏو۔ نقل	Echoes
Hero	پهلوان۔ سورمو۔ بهادر	Heroes
Mango	انب	Mangoes
Negro	شيدي۔ هبشي	Negroes
Potato	پٽاٽو	Potatoes

 

 

(c)       There are some nouns which ending in “o" are formed plural by adding only “s"

 

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Canto	مصرع۔ نظم جو ڀاڱو	Cantos
Dynamo	حلچل پيدا ڪندڙ	Dynamos
Piano	باجو	Pianos
Quarto	چئن صفن وارو ڪاغذ	Quartos

(d)      These nouns also ending with “O" and to form a plural by adding both  “s" & “es".

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Calico	سوٽي ڇپيل يا ڇريل ڪپڙو	Calicoes or Calicos
Portico	ٿن	Porticos or Porticoes
Mosquito		Mosquitos or Mosquitoes

 

 

(e)       By adding “ s" to the Singular ending in “oo", “io" , “en" or “yo"

 

 

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Bamboo		Bamboos
Cameo		Cameos
Cuckoo		Cuckoos
Curio		Curios
Portfolio		Portfolios
Seraglio		Seraglios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(f)         Those singular nouns which ending with” Y”, remove their “Y” and put” ies” to form plural .

 

 

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Army		Armies
City		Cities
Duty		Duties
Fly		Flies
Lady		Ladies
Story		Stories

 

 

(g)      But those words which ending with “Y" and their second last word is vowel put “s" in their ends to form a plural.

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Boy		Boys
Day		Days
Donkey		Donkeys
Key		Keys
Monkey		Monkeys
Toy		Toys

 

 

(h)      By changing the last letters “f" , & “fe", into “ve" to form Plurals.

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Calf		Calves
Half		Halves
Knife		Knives
Life		Lives
Thief		Thieves
Wife		Wives

 

 

(i)          There are some words which ending with “f" & “fe" but add only “s” to form a plural.

 

 

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Chief	وڏو، اول، صدر	Chiefs
Dwarf	ڊينڊو،ڄامڙو، بندرو ، بونو	Dwarfs
Grief	غم، رنج، ارمان، افسوس	Griefs
Gulf	نار، کال، کڏو	Gulfs
Hoof	کر، سنب	Hoofs
Proof	ثبوت، دليل	Proofs
Roof	ڇت، محراب	Roofs
Safe	محفوظ، خطري کان ٻاهر	Safes
Strife	جهڙو، جهڳڙو، دشمني	Strifes

 

 

 

 

(K) By a chang of the inside vowel by adding “en" or “ne".

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Brother	ڀائو، ڀائر	Brethren
Child	ٻار، ٻچو	Children
Cow	ڍڳي، ڳئون،	Kine
Dormouse		Dormice
Foot-man	پيادو، ملازم	Foot-men
Foot	پير، قدم، ٻارنهن انچن جي برابر	Feet
Goose	هنس،	Geese
Louse	جونء	Lice
Man	ماڻھون، مرد	Men
Man-of-war	جنگي جهاز	Men-of-war
Mouse	ڪوئو	Mice
Ox	ڍڳو	Oxen
Tooth	ڏند	Teeth
Washer-man	ڌوٻي	Washer-men
Woman	عورت، مائي	Women

 

(L) Change in plural by adding “s" in compound words.

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Brother in law		Brothers in law
Coat of mail		Coats of mail
Commander in chief		Commanders in chief
Court martial		Courts martial
Father in law		Fathers in law
Forget me not		Forget me nots
Governor General		Governors General Governor Generals
Handful		Handfuls
Hanger on		Hangers on
Looker on		Lookers on
Maid servant		Maid servants
Mother in law		Mothers in law
Passer by		Passers by
Poet laureate		Poets laureate or Poet laureates
Son in law		Sons in law
Step daughter		Step daughters
Step mother		Step mothers
Step son		Step sons

 

 

 

 

 

 

M) But the following Compound Nouns take a double plural .

Singular	Meaning	Plural
Knight errant		Knights errands
Lord justice		Lords justices
Man Servant		Men Servants
Woman servant		Women Servants

N) Singulars and Plurals of Miscellaneous Words & Letters. There are some words, the Plurals of which do not conform to any rule. They are given below:

 

 

Singular	Plural
Mr.	Messrs
Mr. John	The Mr. Johns or The Messrs John
Miss Peter	Misses Peter, Miss Peters or Misses Peters
Mrs.	Mesdames
Mrs. Brown	The Mrs. Browns
Master Wilson	The Master Wilsons
T	T's
B.A	B.A's
4	4’s

 

O) The following Nouns are used in a plural number.

(i) Swine ( ( سوئر، مرون

(ii) Sheep. ( ٻڪري، رڍ، دنبو )

(iii) Salmon. (  هڪ قسم جي مڇي)

(iv) Aircraft. ( هوائي جه

 

 

Cattle :- His cattle are grazing in the field.

People: People were going home.

Swine: These swine belong to Christian lady.

 

P) The following Nouns are the Singulars and the Plurals alike  :-

Brace (of birds), deer, dozen,  fish, gross, hundred,  news, pair, pair, pair, paisa, yoke (of oxen) .

But note the following  :-

* Two dozen eggs or Dozens of eggs were rotten.

* Four hundred boys or hundreds of boys came here.

* A ten rupee note is not wanted.

* A five paisa piece.

* A twelve pound weight is enough .

 

 

Q) The following nouns are always used in plural :

* Alms.  خيرات

* Billiards (game) لڪڻ سان کيڏڻ واري راند جنهن کي سنوڪر جي نالي سان سڃاتو ويندو آهي۔

* Measles (ننڍي ماتا ) ارڙي بيماري جيڪا ٻارن کي ٿيندي آهي

* Proceeds (آمدني، پيداوار يا اپت )

* Thanks  ( مهرباني )

* Annals (  تاريخ، اتحاض)

* Breeches ( Short trousers above the knee سلوار، سٿڻ )

* Mumps: گلي جو مرض، ملو يا ملهو، ڳراڙهو

* Riches: ڌن، مال متاع

* Tidings. اطلاح، خبر، سڌ

* Assets. موڙي اثاثو

* Draughts.   وهو (وهٽ)، ڍڪ، هوا جوجهوٽو، نقشو، خاڪو

* Nuptials.    شادي، نڪاح

* Scissors.    قينچي

* Tongs.   چمٽو

* Bellows.   ڌنوڻي، ڌؤڻي، ڌمڻ، گونجڻ

* Drawers.   ڪڍندڙ، لکندڙ، خانو

* Pincers.  انبوري، نچڪڻو، چمٽي

Spectacles 👓. چشمو، عينڪ

·      Trousers 👖. پاجامو، سلوار، سٿڻ، پتلون

 

 

Ø The Followin nouns are always used in the Singulars :

·      Innings.

·      Mathematics.

·      Mechanics.

·      Physics.

·      Politics.

·      Civics.

·      Ethics.

·      Metaphysics.