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Gender Introduction
All nouns in Arabic are either masculine or feminine
ٌ سرَدم
ٌ ةسرَدم
ِٓ
ِٓ
ِٓ ُ ِٓ ُ
َ ُ َ ُ
Usually a masculine noun can be changed to ٌ س رَ د م ٌ ة س رَ د م
feminine, by:
َ
َ
َ
َ
ٌ بلاط
ٌ ةبلاط
َ ة
ُ ْ َ ُ
1. Adding a ة (closed ta – ٌ ُةطوبرملاٌءاَّتلا) at the end and, ٌ ب ِ ِ ل ا ط ٌ ب َ َ ِ ِ ل ا ط
2. Putting a ٌ ةحْتَف (fathah) on the letter before ة
َ
نِ
ٌ نبا ٌ نبا ِ ِ تْنِب
ب
ٌ تْ
ٌ
ْ ْ
َ
َ
ُ
Two feminine nouns with a ت(open ta –ٌ ُةحوُتْفملاٌءاَّتلا) ٌ خّٔا ٌ خّٔا ٌ تخْٕا
تْخْٕا ْ
ٌ
ending
م
ٌْٕا ٌْٕا
م
Not all feminine nouns have a ة or ت ending
َ
ٌ س م ش
ٌ سمَش
ْ
ْ
ٌ ُةزمح
ٌ ُةزم ح
َ ْ َ َ ْ َ
Not all nouns ending with ة or ت are feminine
ٌ ت ي ْ َ ْ َ ب
تيب
ٌ
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