● Regular/marked feminine: a category of grammatically feminine nouns that has a visible feminine marker.
● The main markers are:
○ ة (tāʾ marbūṭah): called round tāʾ for ease, as in غُرْفَةٌ (room).
○ alif al-taʾnīth al-mamdūdah (اء): as in صَفْرَاءُ and عَمْيَاءُ.
○ alif al-taʾnīth al-maqṣūrah (ى): as in عُظْمَى.
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Regular or Marked Feminine
Categories of the Grammatically Feminine: Marked and Usage-Based
● Regular/marked feminine: a category of grammatically feminine nouns that has a visible feminine marker.
● The main markers are:
○ ة (tāʾ marbūṭah): called round tāʾ for ease, as in غُرْفَةٌ (room).
○ alif al-taʾnīth al-mamdūdah (اء): as in صَفْرَاءُ and عَمْيَاءُ.
○ alif al-taʾnīth al-maqṣūrah (ى): as in عُظْمَى.