Other Usage-Based Feminine Nouns

Categories of the Grammatically Feminine: Marked and Usage-Based

● Some other unmarked nouns are also known from Arabic usage to be feminine:

Arabic word
English meaning

أَرْضٌ
earth/land

سَمَاءٌ
sky

شَمْسٌ
sun

دَارٌ
house

حَرْبٌ
war

عَصَا
staff

نَفْسٌ
soul/self