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Masculine/Feminine/Singular/Plural Conversions Posted by on Mar 21, 2010 in Hindi Language

When a masculine word ends in , , , , , it does not change in the plural :

So बाल (child) will be बाल (children)

When a masculine word ends in , change it to to make it plural :

काला (black singular) = कालो (black plural)

When a feminine word ends in or , change it to एँ :

रात (dark sing.) = रातों (dark plu.)

When a feminine word ends in या, change it to याँ :

कुटिया (shack) = कुटियाँ (shacks)

When a feminine word ends in or , change it to इयाँ :

बिल्ली (cat) = बल्लियाँ (cats)

When a feminine word ends in , , change it to एँ :

गौ (cow) = गौएँ (cows)

Some singular words don’t change in the plural :

मामा (uncle) = मामा (uncles)

There are some masculine words that don’t follow any rules when they change in the feminine form :

पिता (father) = माता (mother)

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Comments:

  1. rishav kant:

    good

  2. gulab jain:

    There seems to be some typing mistake, like kalaa becomes kaale and not kaalo and raat becomes raaten and not raaton etc. Please take care.