Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! 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 Previous Next