{"id":10853,"date":"2020-04-13T13:23:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaleela.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-say-feminine-in-arabic\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:32:58","slug":"how-to-say-feminine-in-arabic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaleela.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-say-feminine-in-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Form The Feminine in Arabic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is all about women. Many languages use some sort of feminine marker to refer to females. The Arabic language is no different.<\/p>\n

Masculine in Arabic is \u0645\u0630\u0643\u0651\u0631 pronounced \/muthakkar\/ and feminine in Arabic is \u0645\u0624\u0646\u062b pronounced \/mo\u2019annath\/. The masculine has no marker, but the feminine is taken from the masculine version of the word, with a girl\u2019s special sprinkle on it to make it appropriate for the ladies.<\/p>\n

With Arabic<\/a>, it does not stop at feminine and masculine markers; it goes into sub-categories of the markers as well. Having said that, both male and female markers are either real or unreal, and female markers like to add their own third category called marked. You know ladies can be very specific.<\/p>\n

Initially, the best way to recognize a grammatical gender in Arabic is through the closed ta\u2019, otherwise known as \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0628\u0648\u0637\u0629 \/al taa\u2019 al marboota\/. It is important to note that the feminine marker does not only apply to nouns, but adjectives as well.<\/p>\n

Real<\/h2>\n

The real masculine refers to something real. As in, a real human or creature, but it needs to be masculine of course. Real feminine nouns refer to the same thing but female related. In Arabic, this is called \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642\u064a\u0642\u064a \/al haqeeqi\/, literally meaning the real. Examples of \u0645\u0624\u0646\u062b \u062d\u0642\u064a\u0642\u064a \/mo\u2019annath haqeeqi\/:<\/p>\n

\u0627\u0645\u0631\u0623\u0629\/imra\u2019a\/
Woman<\/p>\n

\u0645\u0639\u0644\u0645\u0629 \/moa\u2019alima\/
(female) teacher<\/p>\n

\u0635\u062f\u064a\u0642\u0629 \/sadeeqa\/
(female) friend<\/p>\n

Unreal<\/h2>\n

This refers to any non-human noun. In Arabic, it is called \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0646\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062c\u0627\u0632\u064a \/al mo\u2019annath al mmagazi\/ or \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0646\u062b \u0627\u0644\u063a\u064a\u0631 \u062d\u0642\u064a\u0642\u064a \/al mo\u2019annath al ghair haqeei\/. The first one means figurative or allegoric, and the second literally means not real.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at some examples of feminine nouns in Arabic:<\/p>\n

\u0642\u0637\u0639\u0629 \/qit\u2019a\/
Piece<\/p>\n

\u0646\u0627\u0631 \/naar\/
Fire<\/p>\n

\u0645\u0646\u0638\u0645\u0629 \/monathama\/
Organization<\/p>\n

Notice that the second word has no \/ta\u2019 marboota\/ in the end. It comes as no surprise, and this is a usual question on many Arabic learners\u2019 minds, if all feminine words have the \/ta\u2019 marboota\/, but as you can see, that is not the case.<\/p>\n

So how do you know which words with no \/ta\u2019 marboota\/ are feminine? Well, you don\u2019t, really. You have to come across them and simply recognize that they are feminine without the \/ta\u2019 marboota\/.<\/p>\n

Marked Feminine<\/h2>\n

This, as the title suggests, is only feminine related. In Arabic, the marked feminine is called \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0646\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0641\u0638\u064a \/al mo\u2019annath al lafthi\/. The word \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0641\u0638\u064a means verbal. This is not a feminine word as you may have assumed, but rather takes the looks of a female to refer to a noun that is masculine. The most obvious examples are seen in proper nouns referring to male names.<\/p>\n

\u0642\u062a\u064a\u0628\u0629 \/qutaiba\/<\/p>\n

\u062d\u0645\u0627\u062f\u0629 \/hamada\/<\/p>\n

The Suffixes<\/h2>\n

There are three feminine marker suffixes. The first we mentioned earlier, the one and only \/ta\u2019 marboota\/ \u062a\u0627\u0621 \u0645\u0631\u0628\u0648\u0637\u0629. The second is called \u0623\u0644\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0623\u0646\u064a\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629 \/alif al ta\u2019neef al maksoora\/, and the third is called \u0623\u0644\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0623\u0646\u064a\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0645\u062f\u0648\u062f\u0629 \/alif al ta\u2019neeth al mamdooda\/.<\/p>\n

\u0623\u0644\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0623\u0646\u064a\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629 \/alif al ta\u2019neeth al maksoora\/ example:<\/p>\n

\u0633\u0631\u0639\u0649 \/sor\u2019a\/ Faster than<\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0623\u0646\u064a\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0645\u062f\u0648\u062f\u0629 \/alif al ta\u2019neeth al mamdooda\/ example:<\/p>\n

\u062e\u0636\u0631\u0627\u0621 \/khadra\u2019\/ Green<\/p>\n

When it comes to plural feminine in Arabic, the \/aat\/ is at the end as such:<\/p>\n

\u0628\u0646\u0627\u062a \/banat\/ Girls<\/p>\n

The list of masculine and feminine words in Arabic can be endless, but recognizing the different categories can certainly help you know where most belong.<\/p>\n

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