Arabic Grammar (Genders)
Masculine (Mas.) and Feminine
(Fem.)
Most feminine singular nouns end with a round Ta (marbuta)
or
.
A masculine (singular)
noun may be changed into feminine (singular) by simply adding
or
at the end.
Exception: those noun that are naturally a type, it is not possible to
convert into other type. for example Father, Mother etc.
Conversion (1) replace dammatain
(from last
letter) with
a fathah
(2) add round ta with dammatain
at the
end. Example
![]() small (Mas.) |
![]() small (Fem.) |
![]() big (Mas.) |
![]() big (Fem.) |
![]() uncle (an)- father side |
![]() aunt (an) -father side |
![]() uncle (an) - mother side |
![]() aunt (an) - mother side |
![]() worshipper (a) - male |
![]() worshipper (a) female |
Note: Generally the tanween (n) is also apply to the proper nouns such a name of a person
e.g. Aisha, Fatima etc. but for English translation "a" or
"an" is omitted. Not all female names ends with tanween
- dhamaah
is quite possible. There are
many other exceptions that will learn in advance lessons.