● Names of countries and cities are counted as feminine.
● Examples:
○ مَكَّةُ = Makkah (it is the name of a city, so it is feminine).
○ بَاكِسْتَانُ = Pakistan (it is the name of a country, so it is feminine).
○ مِصْرُ = Egypt (it is the name of a country, so it is feminine).
● A simple rule for body parts:
○ Body parts that come in pairs are counted as feminine.
○ Body parts that occur singly are counted as masculine.
● Examples of paired feminine body parts:
○ يَدٌ = hand (there are two, so it is feminine).
○ عَيْنٌ = eye (there are two, so it is feminine).
○ أُذُنٌ = ear (there are two, so it is feminine).
● Examples of single masculine body parts:
○ رَأْسٌ = head (there is one, so it is masculine).
○ أَنْفٌ = nose (the body has one nose, so it is masculine in Arabic).
○ فَمٌ = mouth (there is one, so it is masculine).
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Groups of Usage-Based Feminine Nouns (Part Two)
Categories of the Grammatically Feminine: Marked and Usage-Based
● Names of countries and cities are counted as feminine.
● Examples:
○ مَكَّةُ = Makkah (it is the name of a city, so it is feminine).
○ بَاكِسْتَانُ = Pakistan (it is the name of a country, so it is feminine).
○ مِصْرُ = Egypt (it is the name of a country, so it is feminine).
● A simple rule for body parts:
○ Body parts that come in pairs are counted as feminine.
○ Body parts that occur singly are counted as masculine.
● Examples of paired feminine body parts:
○ يَدٌ = hand (there are two, so it is feminine).
○ عَيْنٌ = eye (there are two, so it is feminine).
○ أُذُنٌ = ear (there are two, so it is feminine).
● Examples of single masculine body parts:
○ رَأْسٌ = head (there is one, so it is masculine).
○ أَنْفٌ = nose (the body has one nose, so it is masculine in Arabic).
○ فَمٌ = mouth (there is one, so it is masculine).