Read the bilingual lesson for Masculine and Feminine Exercises and test your understanding with a focused quiz.
Lesson
1. What Will We Learn in This Level?
● In this section, we will work through both important book exercises in detail.
● We will identify the given words as masculine or feminine.
● Using the rules and irregular changes we have learned, we will gain practical practice in changing masculine nouns into feminine forms.
2. Exercise One — Recognizing Masculine and Feminine (Part One)
● Learn the gender and English meaning of each word:
Arabic word
English meaning
Gender/category
مَسْجِدٌ
mosque
masculine
جِدَارٌ
wall
masculine
دَارٌ
house
usage-based feminine
عَيْنٌ
eye
usage-based feminine (paired body part)
غُرْفَةٌ
room
marked feminine (because of round tāʾ)
كَوْكَبٌ
star
masculine
كِتَابٌ
book
masculine
كُرْسِيٌّ
chair
masculine
سَيَّارَةٌ
car
marked feminine
شُبَّاكٌ
window
masculine
3. Exercise One — Recognizing Masculine and Feminine (Part Two)
● Learn the gender and English meaning of each word:
Arabic word
English meaning
Gender/category
رَأْسٌ
head
masculine (a single body part)
رَجُلٌ
man
masculine
فَاطِمَةُ
Fāṭimah
natural feminine
أُسَامَةُ
Usāmah
masculine (a man's name)
عَلَّامَةٌ
great scholar
masculine (a description of a man)
مَدْرَسَةٌ
school
marked feminine
سَاعَةٌ
clock/time
marked feminine
بَيْتٌ
house
masculine
أَنْفٌ
nose
masculine (a single body part)
قَمَرٌ
moon
masculine
4. Exercise One — Recognizing Masculine and Feminine (Part Three)
● Learn the gender and English meaning of each word:
Arabic word
English meaning
Gender/category
مِرْوَحَةٌ
fan
marked feminine
كُرَّاسَةٌ
notebook/register
marked feminine
مِفْتَاحٌ
key
masculine
بَابٌ
door
masculine
نَافِذَةٌ
window
marked feminine
لِسَانٌ
tongue
masculine
اِمْرَأَةٌ
woman
natural feminine
عُمَرُ
ʿUmar
masculine (a man's name)
زَيْنَبُ
Zaynab
natural feminine
خَلِيفَةٌ
caliph
masculine (a description of a man)
5. Exercise Two — Forming the Feminine from the Masculine (Part One)
● Learn the masculine-to-feminine forms and their meanings:
Masculine
Meaning
Feminine
Meaning
رَجُلٌ
man
اِمْرَأَةٌ
woman
وَلَدٌ
boy
بِنْتٌ
girl
مُعَلِّمٌ
male teacher
مُعَلِّمَةٌ
female teacher
مُدَرِّسٌ
male instructor
مُدَرِّسَةٌ
female instructor
طَالِبٌ
male student
طَالِبَةٌ
female student
مُؤْمِنٌ
believing man
مُؤْمِنَةٌ
believing woman
مُسْلِمٌ
Muslim man
مُسْلِمَةٌ
Muslim woman
صَادِقٌ
truthful man
صَادِقَةٌ
truthful woman
قَائِمٌ
standing man
قَائِمَةٌ
standing woman
جَدِيدٌ
new
جَدِيدَةٌ
new thing (feminine)
6. Exercise Two — Forming the Feminine from the Masculine (Part Two)
● Learn the masculine-to-feminine forms and their meanings:
Masculine
Meaning
Feminine
Meaning
حَاضِرٌ
present
حَاضِرَةٌ
present woman
عَالِمٌ
knowing man/scholar
عَالِمَةٌ
knowing woman/female scholar
صَالِحٌ
righteous
صَالِحَةٌ
righteous woman
جَمِيلٌ
beautiful
جَمِيلَةٌ
beautiful woman
ذَاهِبٌ
man who is going
ذَاهِبَةٌ
woman who is going
طَوِيلٌ
tall/long
طَوِيلَةٌ
tall/long (feminine)
كَبِيرٌ
big
كَبِيرَةٌ
big (feminine)
مَفْتُوحٌ
open
مَفْتُوحَةٌ
open (feminine)
قَرِيبٌ
near
قَرِيبَةٌ
near (feminine)
طَيِّبٌ
pure/good
طَيِّبَةٌ
pure/good woman
7. Exercise Two — Forming the Feminine from the Masculine (Part Three A)
● Learn the masculine-to-feminine forms and their meanings:
Masculine
Meaning
Feminine
Meaning
عَرِيسٌ
bridegroom
عَرُوسٌ
bride
مَلِكٌ
king
مَلِكَةٌ
queen
أُسْتَاذٌ
male teacher
أُسْتَاذَةٌ
female teacher
طَبِيبٌ
male doctor
طَبِيبَةٌ
female doctor
مُهَنْدِسٌ
male engineer
مُهَنْدِسَةٌ
female engineer
كَافِرٌ
male disbeliever
كَافِرَةٌ
female disbeliever
مُنَافِقٌ
male hypocrite
مُنَافِقَةٌ
female hypocrite
كَاذِبٌ
lying man
كَاذِبَةٌ
lying woman
جَالِسٌ
sitting man
جَالِسَةٌ
sitting woman
قَدِيمٌ
old
قَدِيمَةٌ
old (feminine)
8. Exercise Two — Forming the Feminine from the Masculine (Part Three B)
● Learn the masculine-to-feminine forms and their meanings:
Masculine
Meaning
Feminine
Meaning
غَائِبٌ
absent
غَائِبَةٌ
absent woman
جَاهِلٌ
ignorant man
جَاهِلَةٌ
ignorant woman
طَالِحٌ
bad man
طَالِحَةٌ
bad woman
قَبِيحٌ
ugly
قَبِيحَةٌ
ugly woman
قَادِمٌ
man who is coming
قَادِمَةٌ
woman who is coming
قَصِيرٌ
short man
قَصِيرَةٌ
short woman
صَغِيرٌ
small
صَغِيرَةٌ
small (feminine)
مُغْلَقٌ
closed
مُغْلَقَةٌ
closed (feminine)
بَعِيدٌ
far
بَعِيدَةٌ
distant thing (feminine)
خَبِيثٌ
impure/filthy
خَبِيثَةٌ
impure woman
9. Level Summary
● In these exercises, we learned to identify the gender of all the given nouns.
● We distinguished the gender of important nouns such as مَسْجِدٌ (masculine), دَارٌ (usage-based feminine), and غُرْفَةٌ (marked feminine).
● We completed the exercises using grammar rules and irregular forms.