{"id":15,"date":"2009-02-06T08:31:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T12:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=12"},"modified":"2014-06-13T19:01:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T19:01:10","slug":"noun-gender-in-arabic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/noun-gender-in-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"Noun Gender in Arabic"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Arabic nouns carry grammatical gender whether they refer to animate or inanimate objects. For living creatures, grammatical gender corresponds to biological gender, e.g. (<\/span>\u0631\u062c\u0644<\/span>) \u201cman\u201d is masculine, while (<\/span>\u0627\u0645\u0631\u0623\u0629<\/span>) \u201cwoman\u201d is feminine. For inanimate objects, the relationship between grammatical gender and objects is arbitrary, e.g. (<\/span>\u0643\u0631\u0633\u064a<\/span>) \u201cchair\u201d is a masculine noun, while (<\/span>\u0637\u0627\u0648\u0644\u0629<\/span>) \u201ctable\u201d is a feminine noun. When learners of Arabic learn new words, it is important to know the gender associated with this word, e.g. (<\/span>\u0642\u0645\u0631<\/span>) \u201cmoon\u201d is masculine, while (<\/span>\u0634\u0645\u0633<\/span>) \u201csun\u201d is feminine. Some learners write (m) next to masculine nouns and (f) next to feminine nouns to remember the gender. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Words referring to humans can have masculine and feminize forms, e.g. (<\/span>\u0645\u0648\u0638\u0641<\/span>) \u201cemployee\u201d is masculine, while (<\/span>\u0645\u0648\u0638\u0641\u0629<\/span>) \u201cemployee\u201d is feminine. We change a noun from masculine to feminine by adding the suffixes; (\u0629<\/span>) \u201cta\u2019 marbuta\u201d, e.g. (<\/span>\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630<\/span>) \u201cteacher\u201d is masculine, while (<\/span>\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630\u0629<\/span>) \u201cteacher\u201d is feminine. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Adjectives must have the same gender of the nouns they describe, e.g. \u201cnew employee\u201d can be either (<\/span><\/span>\u0645\u0648\u0638\u0641 \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f<\/span>) masculine, or (<\/span>\u0645\u0648\u0638\u0641\u0629 \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629<\/span>) feminine. Both the noun and the adjective must have the same gender. Likewise, gender of words referring to inanimate objects must agree with the gender of adjectives used to describe them, e.g. (<\/span>\u0643\u0631\u0633\u064a<\/span>\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0645<\/span>) \u201c<\/span>an old chair\u201d both the noun and adjective are masculine, and (<\/span>\u0637\u0627\u0648\u0644\u0629 \u0642\u062f\u064a\u0645\u0629<\/span>) \u201c<\/span>an old table\u201d both the noun and adjective are feminine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All foreign country names are feminine in Arabic, e.g. (<\/span>\u0643\u0646\u062f\u0627<\/span>) \u201cCanada\u201d, (<\/span>\u0623\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0643\u0627<\/span>) \u201cAmerica\u201d, (<\/span>\u0625\u0646\u062c\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0627<\/span>) \u201cEngland\u201d, (<\/span>\u0623\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0627<\/span>) \u201cGermany\u201d etc. \u00a0<\/span>Most Arabic country names are feminine, e.g. (<\/span>\u0645\u0635\u0631<\/span>) \u201cEgypt\u201d, (<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a<\/span>) \u201cKuwait\u201d, etc. The following countries have masculine names: \u00a0(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0627\u0642<\/span>) \u201cIraq\u201d, (<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628<\/span>) \u201cMorocco\u201d, (<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u062f\u0646<\/span>) \u201cJordan\u201d, (<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u062f\u0627\u0646<\/span>) \u201cSudan\u201d, (<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0646<\/span>) \u201cYemen\u201d, and (<\/span>\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646<\/span>) \u201cLebanon\u201d. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All Arabic nouns carry grammatical gender whether they refer to animate or inanimate objects. For living creatures, grammatical gender corresponds to biological gender, e.g. (\u0631\u062c\u0644) \u201cman\u201d is masculine, while (\u0627\u0645\u0631\u0623\u0629) \u201cwoman\u201d is feminine. For inanimate objects, the relationship between grammatical gender and objects is arbitrary, e.g. (\u0643\u0631\u0633\u064a) \u201cchair\u201d is a masculine noun, while (\u0637\u0627\u0648\u0644\u0629) \u201ctable\u201d…<\/p>\n

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