Arabic Feminine
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 |
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| 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 |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Feminine in Arabic has a logical pattern. Locate the Feminine above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Arabic.
List of 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 |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Arabic, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Arabic Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Arabic lessons here: Learn Arabic. Don't forget to bookmark this page.