In Arabic grammar, the singulative is called , "noun of unity". It is formed by the suffixes -"a(t)" and -"ī". The former applies to animals, plants, and inanimate objects, e.g. "qamḥ" "wheat", "qamḥa(t)" "a grain of wheat"; "shajar" 'trees', "shajara(t)" 'a tree'; "baqar" 'cattle'; "baqara(t)" 'a cow'. The latter suffix applies to sentient beings, e.g. "jinn" (collective), "jinnī" (singulative); "zinj" 'black African people', "zinjī" 'a black African person'. In some cases, the singulative has a further plural indicating a collection of the singular units, which may be broken (e.g. e.g., "jund" 'army', "jundī" 'a soldier', "junūd" 'soldiers') or regular (e.g. "`askar" 'army, military', "`askarī" 'a soldier, private, or enlisted man', "`askarīyūn" 'soldiers, privates, enlisted men').