Learning the gender of words in Arabic is often tricky to non-native speakers, as there is not an easy rule that tells us whether a word is masculine or feminine, and many rules have exceptions. One of the most useful rules is that words that end in ta\u2019 marbouta (\u0629) are feminine, e.g.\u00a0 \u0633\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0629,\u00a0 \u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0629, etc. However, we find some masculine names that end in (\u0629), e.g.\u00a0 \u0637\u0644\u062d\u0629,\u00a0 \u062d\u0645\u0632\u0629, etc. There are other feminine endings, including (\u0627\u0621), e.g.\u00a0 \u0635\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0621,\u00a0 \u0633\u0646\u0627\u0621, etc and (\u0649), e.g.\u00a0 \u0644\u064a\u0644\u0649,\u00a0 \u0645\u0646\u0649, etc. We should note that there are some masculine names that end in (\u0649), e.g.\u00a0 \u0645\u0635\u0637\u0641\u0649.<\/p>\n
It is to some extent easy to determine their gender of words that end in one of these suffixes. However, there are other feminine words that do not end in these endings, and these are harder to recognize, e.g.<\/p>\n
\u062d\u0631\u0628 = war<\/p>\n
\u0623\u0631\u0636 = land<\/p>\n
\u0634\u0645\u0633 = sun<\/p>\n
\u064a\u062f\u0651 \u00a0= hand<\/p>\n
\u062f\u0627\u0631 = house<\/p>\n
\u0639\u064a\u0646 \u00a0= eye\/spring (of water)<\/p>\n
\u0631\u0650\u062c\u0644 = leg<\/p>\n
It is interesting to note that some adjectives can be used in the masculine form with feminine words, e.g. adjectives in the patterns (\u0641\u0639\u0648\u0644) and (\u0641\u0639\u064a\u0644), e.g.<\/p>\n
\u0647\u064a \u0627\u0645\u0631\u0623\u0629 \u062d\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0631\u062c\u0644 \u0635\u0628\u0648\u0631.<\/p>\n
She is a kind woman and he is a patient man.<\/p>\n
\u0628\u0639\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u062f\u062b\u060c \u0631\u0623\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0623\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062a\u064a\u0644 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0631\u062c\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0631\u064a\u062d.<\/p>\n
After the accident, I saw the dead woman and the wounded man.<\/p>\n
However, the feminine adjective can also be marked appropriately for the gender in these<\/p>\n
\u0647\u064a \u0627\u0645\u0631\u0623\u0629 \u062d\u0646\u0648\u0646\u0629 \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0631\u062c\u0644 \u0639\u062c\u0648\u0632.<\/p>\n
\u0628\u0639\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u062f\u062b\u060c \u0631\u0623\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0623\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062a\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0631\u062c\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0631\u064a\u062d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Learning the gender of words in Arabic is often tricky to non-native speakers, as there is not an easy rule that tells us whether a word is masculine or feminine, and many rules have exceptions. One of the most useful rules is that words that end in ta\u2019 marbouta (\u0629) are feminine, e.g.\u00a0 \u0633\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0629,\u00a0 \u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0629…<\/p>\n