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 :If the is preceded by a long vowel, the  is retained; as—

rāh, “a road,” plur. rāhhā.

20. Arabic words may have the Persian or the Arabic form of plural; thus--

In imitation of the feminine plural of Arabic nouns, names applicable to females, or to things without life, sometimes form the plural by the affix (āt) or  (iyāt), as—

When the word ends in imperceptible (h) the affix becomes  (jāt), the letter  being omitted; as—