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 * colspan=3 style="text-align: center;"| Sing.
 * colspan=3 style="text-align: center;"| Plur.
 * || nawāz̈ish, || a favour. || || nawāz̈ishāṭ, || favours.
 * || ḳalﻉah, || a castle. || || ḳalﻉahṭ, || castles.
 * }
 * || ḳalﻉah, || a castle. || || ḳalﻉahṭ, || castles.
 * }
 * }

86. It must not be omitted, that Arabick substantives frequently have two sorts of plurals; one formed according to the analogy of the Persian nouns, and another after the irregular manner of the Arabians; as, ﻉayb, a vice;  ﻉaybhā and  ﻉawā-ib, vices;  ḳalﻉah, a castle;  ḳalﻉahā, a castle and  ḳilāﻉ, castles;  nā-ib, a viceroy; plur. nuwwāb, a Nabob. This may be termed a plural of respect. So, serpents, for, a great serpent, in the Persick. We occasionally have the Arabick dual termination,, as well as those of the plural and ; even when the composition is not purely Arabick; as, , both sides;  or , holy men. This is one argument out of a great number to prove the impossibility of learning the Persian language accurately without a moderate knowledge of the Arabick; and, if the learner will follow my advice, he will peruse with attention the Arabick Grammar of Erpenius, before he attempts to translate a Persian manuscript.—To avoid the trouble and expense of referring to that work, an abstract of the Arabick Grammar has been inserted in the first Appendix of this. 