A noun (or a substantive) (Arabic: �م �س� = ا"a name") is a name or an attribute of a person (Ali), place (Mecca), thing (house), or quality (honor).

Nouns that designate immaterial things (honor) are called abstract nouns.

Nouns that are Permanent names of persons or places are called proper nouns

% &م ع&ل �ء( م&ا س�& ,أ

ال و المؤنث كر األسم مذ

All nouns in Modern Standard Arabic are either masculine or feminine.

Adjectives must follow the nouns they modify in terms of gender.

In Arabic, all nouns must have a gender, e.g. the word for chair (كرسي) is masculine while the word for table ( ةطاول ) is feminine.

Learners of Arabic should learn the gender of all nouns as they meet them

General rule is “add a “taa’ marbuta” (( ,ة to form the feminine from a masculine ــةword, and omit it to form the masculine

To form a feminine word from the masculine in Arabic, you simply add “taa’ marbuta” which looks like (ة) or ( ـة ) depending on the word it’s connected to. Usually for animals, humans and professions… for example:

kalbكلب (masculine dog) è kalba ةكلب (dog feminine)

Sadeeq صديق (friend masculine) è Sadeeqa ةصديق (friend feminine)

Hazeen حزين (sad masculine) è hazeenah ةحزين (sad feminine)

Kabeer كبير (big masculine) è kabeerah ةكبير (big feminine)

nouns are supposed to be masculine unless there is a feminine marker “taa’ marbuta” (( ــة, affixed to them. As we have ةmentioned

The difference between a tied taa Q&ة and an open one ت is that a tied taa'< is pronounced ah or a Like ةسيار “ Sayarah” means car

Sky سماء samaa’ is feminine even if there is no “taa’ marbuta” (( ــة, at the end of the ةword,

Windريح reeh is feminine even if it’s not ending with a “taa’ marbuta”.