Saturday, 12 January 2013

Masculine and feminine

A masculine word can be changed to a feminine word by changing the last huruf of the word. There are three ways to do this:
  1. Masculine: طَالِبٌ Taalibun. A male student.
    Feminine: Add ةٌ at the last huruf to become طَالِبَةٌ Taalibatun. A female student.
  2. Masculine: أَيسَرُ aisaru. Left.
    Feminine: Add a ئ at the last huruf to become يُسرَئ yusraa. Left.
  3. Masculine: حَسَنٌ Hasanun. Noble man.
    Feminine: Add اء at the last huruf to become حَسنَاءُ Hasna'u. Noble woman.
Note that for number 2 it is not really a ئ but it should be a أَلِفٌ مَقصُورَةٌ. I, however, can't find أَلِفٌ مَقصُورَةٌ on the keyboard :(