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.