● Gender agreement between the subject (mubtadaʾ) and predicate (khabar) is required:
○ If the subject is feminine singular, the predicate will also be feminine singular.
● Examples:
○ Maryam is righteous. -> مَرْيَمُ صَالِحَةٌ
■ Here, مَرْيَمُ is the subject (mubtadaʾ). It is a woman's name and a diptote, so it has a single ḍammah without tanwīn.
■ صَالِحَةٌ is the predicate (khabar). Tāʾ marbūṭah was added to صَالِحٌ to make it feminine.
○ Zaynab is truthful. -> زَيْنَبُ صَادِقَةٌ
○ Fāṭimah is a female teacher. -> فَاطِمَةُ مُعَلِّمَةٌ
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The Basic Rule of Gender Agreement
Gender Agreement between the Subject and Predicate (Feminine Singular Sentences)
● Gender agreement between the subject (mubtadaʾ) and predicate (khabar) is required:
○ If the subject is feminine singular, the predicate will also be feminine singular.
● Examples:
○ Maryam is righteous. -> مَرْيَمُ صَالِحَةٌ
■ Here, مَرْيَمُ is the subject (mubtadaʾ). It is a woman's name and a diptote, so it has a single ḍammah without tanwīn.
■ صَالِحَةٌ is the predicate (khabar). Tāʾ marbūṭah was added to صَالِحٌ to make it feminine.
○ Zaynab is truthful. -> زَيْنَبُ صَادِقَةٌ
○ Fāṭimah is a female teacher. -> فَاطِمَةُ مُعَلِّمَةٌ