In Arabic, each  اِسْمٌ  would be either  الْمُذَكَّرُ masculine or  الْمُؤَنَّثُ  feminine. There is no neutral gender in Arabic.  Feminine gender can be of many types-

  1. Feminine name-

سُعَادُ

زَيْنَبُ

مَرْيَمُ

Suyadu

Zainabu

Maryamu

 

  1. Feminine relation-

بِنْتٌ

أُخْتٌ

عَرُوْسٌ

أُمٌّ

daughter

sister

house-wife

mother

 

  1. Body parts in pairs-

عَيْنٌ

يَدٌ

أُذُنٌ

رِجْلٌ

eye

hand

ear

leg

 

  1. Having ta التَّاءُ مَرْبُوْطَةُ at the end -

زَوجَةٌ

دَرَّاجَةٌ

بَقَرَةٌ

حَقِيْبَةٌ

قَرْيَةٌ

wife

bicycle

cow

bag

village

 

 

 

 

           

أُمَّةٌ

زِلَّةٌ

جَنَّةٌ

زَكَاةٌ

صَلاَةٌ

nation

humiliation

garden

zakat

salah

 

Few words have ة but they are not feminineخَلِيْفَةٌ  ، عَلَّامَةٌ  

  1. Having   الأَلِفُ الْمَقْصُوْرَةُ at end-

كُبْرَى

سَلْمَى

  لَيْلَى

بُشْرَى

حُبْلَى

دُنْيَا

عَطْشَى

big (feminine)

Salma

Laila

Good news

pregnant

nearby

thirsty

 

Few words have ى but not feminine. Example-       مَعْنَى،  أعْلَى، أَعْمَى، يَتَمَى etc.

 

  1. Having الأَلِفُ الْمَمْدُوْدَةُ at end  اء

حَسْنَاءُ

أَسْمَاءٌ

خَضْرَاءُ

حَمْرَاءُ

سَمَاءٌ

beautiful woman

names

green

red

sky

 

few words having اء but not feminine- شُهَدَاءُ ،  فُقَرَاءُ ،  عُلَمَاءُ 

 

  1. Adding  ة at end of masculine words-

طَبِيْبَهٌ

اِبْنَةٌ

  لَيْلَةٌ

مُسْلِمَةٌ

جَدِيْدَةٌ

female doctor

daughter

night

Muslimah

new

 

  1. Names of fire-

جَهَنَّمُ

نَارٌ

سَعِيْرٌ

جَحِيْمٌ

سَقَرٌ

zahannam

fire

sawir

zahim

sakar

 

  1. Names of wind-

رِيْحٌ

سَمُوْمٌ

صَرْصَرٌ

عَاصِفٌ

wind

tornado

glacier

storm

 

  1. Some daily words and names of city, country, and nation-

خَمْرٌ

دَارٌ

طَرِيْقٌ

نَفْسٌ

أَرْضٌ

wine

house

path

entity

soil

 

 

 

 

 

شَمْسٌ

حَرْبٌ

مِصْرُ

دِمَشْقُ

قُرَيْشٌ

sun

battle

Egypt

Damesk

Quraish

 

Some words can be used as both genders-

سُوْقٌ

حَالٌ

رُوْحٌ

نَفْسٌ

بفلَدٌ

طَرِيْقٌ

إِصبَعٌ

market

condition

soul

soul

country

path

finger

 

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