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    In Arabic, words are masculine by default unless they refer to female people or end with a ta marbuta (ة), which indicates femininity. The document provides a table identifying common Arabic words as either masculine (m) or feminine (f) based on their meaning and spelling.

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    In Arabic, words are masculine by default unless they refer to female people or end with a ta marbuta (ة), which indicates femininity. The document provides a table identifying common Arabic words as either masculine (m) or feminine (f) based on their meaning and spelling.

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    In Arabic, words are masculine by default unless they refer to female people or end with a ta marbuta (ة), which indicates femininity. The document provides a table identifying common Arabic words as either masculine (m) or feminine (f) based on their meaning and spelling.

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    Gender in Arabic

    In Arabic, words are assumed to be masculine unless they


    have they have the following signs:

    1. They refer to female people


    2. They end with a ta marbuta (‫)ة‬

    Words with these signs will be feminine.

    Identify the gender of the following words by placing a


    letter m for masculine and letter f for feminine:
    Gender Meaning Word
    m Accountant ‫َحُماِس ب‬
    Baker ‫َخ َّباز‬
    Nurse ‫َمُمِّر َض ة‬
    Engineer ‫ُمَه ْنِد س‬
    Carpenter ‫َّجَنار‬
    Teacher ‫ُمَد ِّر س‬

    ‫ُأّم‬
    Mother

    Baker ‫َخ َّبازة‬


    Husband ‫َز ْو ج‬
    Girl ‫ِبْنت‬
    Carpenter ‫َّجَنارة‬
    Bottle ‫ُز َج اَج ة‬
    Newspaper ‫َج ِر يَد ة‬
    Tent ‫َخْيَم ة‬
    River ‫َنْه ر‬
    Donkey ‫َمِحار‬
    Hen/ Chicken ‫َد َج اَج ة‬
    City ‫َم ِد يَنة‬

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