In the book’s terminology, a real feminine is of a kind in which an animal male counterpart exists, such as a woman named Hind. A non-real/grammatical feminine does not involve that real male–female contrast, as with «الشمس». This distinction affects whether feminine agreement is obligatory or optional.
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What Is a Real Feminine?
Rules of the Fāʿil: Explicit Nouns, Pronouns, Number and Gender
In the book’s terminology, a real feminine is of a kind in which an animal male counterpart exists, such as a woman named Hind. A non-real/grammatical feminine does not involve that real male–female contrast, as with «الشمس». This distinction affects whether feminine agreement is obligatory or optional.