Note b: Nouns ending in ta ̄
marbu ̄t
̇ah (^) ـ ٌة (^) ..َ. ٌة ..َ. /...atun/ do not take the extra
final
alif ـا... in the indefinite accusative form. So the correct form is َطـاِلـ َبـ ًة
t
̇
a ̄libatan (not: َطـاِلـ َبـ ًتا ).
Note c: At the end of a sentence the final vowel of a word is normally not
pronounced. Even ta ̄
marbu ̄t
̇
ah is usually left unpronounced at the end of a
sentence, as in َطاِل َب ٌة /t
̇
a ̄liba(h)/ for /t
̇
a ̄libatun/ (cf. chapter 4).
10.3 Most parts or organs of the body which occur in pairs are femi-
nine, e.g.
10.4 There are words which are feminine by nature, e.g.
10.5 Most geographical proper names, i.e. names of countries, cities,
towns, villages, etc. are treated as feminine. They are so-called diptotes,
i.e. have only two case endings and no nunation (to be explained in
chapter 22), e.g.
10.6 A few nouns are feminine by usage, e.g.
10.7 There are a number of words, which can be either masculine or
feminine, e.g.
َخـِلي َفـ ٌة h
̆
al-ıfatun لا َمـ ٌةَّ َعـ
alla ̄matun حـاَلـ ٌةَّ َر rah
̇
h
̇
a ̄latun
Caliph learned man an explorer,
traveller
َي ٌد yadun, hand َع ْي ٌن^
aynun, eye ِر ْج ٌل rig ̆lun, foot, leg
مٌُّأ^
ummun, mother َع ُرو ٌس
aru ̄sun, bride َحا ِم ٌل h
̇
a ̄milun
pregnant
ُتو ِن ُس tu ̄nisu, Tunisia ِد َم ْش ُق dimasˇqu, Damascus َبا ِري ُس ba ̄rı
- su
Parisَح ْر ٌب h
̇arbun, war َأ ْر ٌض
ard
̇un, earth,groundَش ْم ٌس sˇamsun
sunُسو ٌق su ̄qun, market َحا ٌل h
̇a ̄lun, condition ّكي ٌنَِس sikkı
- nun
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