انث

أُنْثَي ذ Female; feminine; of the female, or feminine, sex, or gender; contr. of ذَكَرٌ: (T, S, M:) an epithet applied to anything of that sex or gender: (T:) IAar asserts, that a woman is termed انثي from the phrase بَلَدٌ أَنِيثٌ, q. v, because of her softness; she being more soft than a man: (M, L:) [but see the observation at the end of the first paragraph of this art.:] the pl. is اـِنَاثٌ; (T, S, M, A, Msb, K;) and sometimes one says أُنُثٌ, as though it were pl. of اـِنَاثٌ; (S;) or it is [truly] pl. of اـِنَاثٌ, like as نُمُرٌ is of نِمَارٌ; (T;) and أَنَاثَى, (T, A, Msb, K,) which last occurs in poetry. (T.) You say, هٰذَا طَائِرٌ وَ أُنْثَاهُ [ This is a ( male ) bird and his female ]: not أُنْثَاتُهُ. (ISk, T.) In the Kur iv. 117, I'Ab reads أُثُنًا [in the place of أُنُثًا or اـِنَاثًا]; and Fr says that it is pl. of وَثَنٌ, the و in وُثُنٌ being changed into أ as in أُقِّتَتٌ [for وُقِّتَتٌ]. (T, L.) ― -b2- اِمْرَأَةٌ أَنْثَى (tropical:) [ A feminine woman, ] means a perfect woman; (T, A, K;) a woman being thus termed in praise; like as a man is termed رَجُلٌ ذَكَرٌ. (T, A.) ― -b3- [The pl.]