Lesson 30 – الدَّرْسُ الثَّلاثُونَ

Masculinity and Feminization of Verb- تَذْكِيرُ الْفِعْلِ وَتَأْنِيثُهُ

Types of Feminine- أَنْوَاعُ الْمُؤَنَّثِ

• We will first discuss briefly the types of feminine nouns in the Arabic language. There are two types of feminine nouns in Arabic:
1. Real feminine مُؤَنَّثٌ حَقِيقِيٌّ is that which begets or lays eggs, whether women, animals or birds.

• This means that a noun may not be suffixed with a feminine letter, such as Zaynab زَيْنَبُ but it is feminine by default.
1. Figurative feminine مُؤَنَّثٌ مَجَازِيٌّ is an inanimate (non-living) noun ending with a feminine suffix, or does not end with a feminine suffix but is regarded as feminine within the Arabic language. For example: