Exercise One — Recognizing Masculine and Feminine (Part Two)

Masculine and Feminine Exercises

● 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