If you're trying to learn Arabic Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Arabic grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Arabic. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Arabic Feminine is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Arabic language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Arabic.
Arabic feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Arabic Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | انْثَوِيَّة - anthaweeeah |
| he is happy | انَّه سَعِيْد - anah sa'eeed |
| she is happy | انَهَا سَعِيْدَة - anahaa sa'eeedah |
| he is American | انَّه امْرِيَكَى الْجِنْسِيَّة - anah amreeeakaa aljenseeeah |
| she is American | انَهَا امْرِيكِيّة الْجِنْسِيَّة - anahaa amreeekeeeh aljenseeeah |
| man | رَجُل - rajol |
| woman | امْرَأَة - amraaah |
| father | أَب - aab |
| mother | أَم - aam |
| brother | أُخْت - aokht |
| sister | أُخْت - aokht |
| uncle | عَم - 'am |
| aunt | عِمَّة - 'emah |
| bull | ثَوْر - thawr |
| cow | بَقَرَة - baqarah |
| boy | وُلِد - woled |
| girl | بِنْت - bent |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Arabic.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Arabic? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Arabic vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Arabic Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | الْأَجْسَام - alaajsaam |
| bathroom | حَمَام - hamaam |
| bed | سَرِيْر - sareeer |
| bedroom | غُرْفَة نَوْم - ghorfah nawm |
| ceiling | سَقْف - saqf |
| chair | كُرْسِي - korseee |
| clothes | مَلَابِس - malaabes |
| coat | مِعْطَف - me'taf |
| cup | كَوْب - kawb |
| desk | مَكْتَب - maktab |
| dress | ثَوْب - thawb |
| floor | طَابَق - taabaq |
| fork | شَوْكَة - shawkah |
| furniture | أَثَاث - aathaath |
| glass | زُجَاج - zojaaj |
| hat | قُبَّعَة - qoba'ah |
| house | مُنَزَّل - monazal |
| ink | حِبْر - hebr |
| jacket | سُتْرَة - sotrah |
| kitchen | مَطْبَخ - matbakh |
| knife | سِكِّيْن - sekeeen |
| lamp | مِصْبَاح - mesbaah |
| letter | رِسَالَة - resaalah |
| map | خَرِيْطَة - khareeetah |
| newspaper | صَحِيْفَة - saheeefah |
| notebook | مُفَكِّرَة - mofakerah |
| pants | بَنْطَلُون - bantalown |
| paper | وَرَقَة - waraqah |
| pen | قَلْم - qalm |
| pencil | قَلْم رَصَاص - qalm rasaas |
| pharmacy | صَيْدَلِيَّة - saeedaleeeah |
| picture | صُوْرَة - sowrah |
| plate | طَبَق - tabaq |
| refrigerator | ثُلَّاجة - tholaajh |
| restaurant | مُطْعِم - mot'em |
| roof | سَطْح - sath |
| room | غُرْفَة - ghorfah |
| rug | سَجَّادَة - sajaadah |
| scissors | مِقَص - meqas |
| shampoo | شَامَبُو - shaamabow |
| shirt | قَمِيْص - qameees |
| shoes | حِذَاء - hethaa' |
| soap | صَابُوْن - saabown |
| socks | جَوْرَب - jawrab |
| spoon | مِلْعَقَة - mel'aqah |
| table | طَاوِلَة - taawelah |
| toilet | مِرْحَاض - merhaath |
| toothbrush | فِرْشَاة أَسْنَان - fershaah aasnaan |
| toothpaste | مَعْجُوْن أَسْنَان - ma'jown aasnaan |
| towel | مِنْشَفَة - menshafah |
| umbrella | مِظَلَّة - methalah |
| underwear | المَلَابِس الْدَّاخِلِيَّة - almalaabes aldaakheleeeah |
| wall | حَائِط - haa'et |
| wallet | مِحْفَظَة - mehfathah |
| window | نَافِذَة - naafethah |
| telephone | هَاتِف - haatef |
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