مُؤَنَّث
mu'annath
Feminine
Sarf · morphologyGendercore term7,579+ in the Qur'an
Also written: Mudhakkar and Mu'annath · Masculine and feminine · Jins
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Feminine
Classical definition
المُؤَنَّثُ مَا فِيهِ عَلَامَةُ تَأْنِيثٍ لَفْظًا أَوْ تَقْدِيرًا، وَصَحَّ أَنْ تُشِيرَ إِلَيْهِ بِقَوْلِكَ «هَذِهِ».
(شذا العرف)
What it is
A feminine noun (mu'annath) is most often marked by the ta' marbuta (ة) at its end, as in مُسْلِمَة. Some words are feminine by meaning rather than by a visible sign — women's names, certain paired body-parts, and a set of well-known words. Because adjectives and pronouns must agree in gender, spotting the feminine is essential to reading agreement correctly.
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