- The Feminine Marker. As in many other languages, any Arabic noun/adjective has to be either masculine or feminine. With few exceptions, the general rule is to suffix the Taa' MarbuTa (ـة/ة) to the masculine noun/adjective forms to derive the feminine ones. Examples are:
nouns استاذ/استاذة ، مراسل/مراسلة ، طالب/طالبة
adjectives قديم/قديمة، جميل/جميلة ، جديد/جديدة
However, you need to remember that the Taa' Marbuta (ـة/ة) is used in certain ancient Arabic male proper names such as:
طلحة ، معاوية ، حمزة
Also, it is used on some broken plural patterns such as:
(giant ) عملاق/عمالقة (professor/s) استاذ/استاذة
- All countries, towns, villages, etc. are treated as feminine. The exceptions to this rule are six Arab countries. These are:
الکويت , لُبنان , السودان , العراق , الأردُن , المغرب
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Mohammed Jiyad
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