Gender of nouns
Egyptian nouns distinguish two genders: masculine and feminine.
a) Masculine nouns are either substantive or derivative nouns:
i) Substantive nouns are words typically used to refer to people, objects, living organisms and the like.
s
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image205.png)
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pr
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image206.png)
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ii) Derivative nouns are those words derived from verbs, infinitive, participle, and adjective.
To follow
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Sms
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image208.png)
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Follower
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Smsw
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image207.png)
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To say
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Dd
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image210.png)
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Speaker
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Dddy
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image209.png)
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To be great
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wr
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image212.png)
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Great
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wr (w)
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image211.png)
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b) Feminine nouns are also either substantive or derivative nouns and they almost always end in t
Substantive nouns
horizon
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Axt
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image213.png)
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woman
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st
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image214.png)
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Derivative nouns
To beautify
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nfr
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image216.png)
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Beautiful (f.)
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nfrt
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image215.png)
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Some nouns end with
but they are not feminine, as the
tis part of the stem or the construction of the word.
statue
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twt
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/Attachment/Attachment/FCKFiles/image001(7).jpg)
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tree
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xt
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/Attachment/Attachment/FCKFiles/image002(4).jpg)
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In most cases the feminine noun is by adding the
to the masculine noun, and change the determinative.
Daughter
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sAt
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image217.png)
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Son
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sA
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image218.png)
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Goddess
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nTrt
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image219.png)
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God
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nTr
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image220.png)
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Sister
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snt
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image221.png)
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Brother
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sn
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![](http://www.bibalex.org/learnhieroglyphs/attachment/Lessons/Arabic/image222.png)
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