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ءنث

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'female' in contrast to 'male'. It extends to related ideas such as giving birth to females, the grammatical gender of words, and specific anatomical or descriptive terms.

Derived headwords

الأنثىnoun
  1. 1.
    femaleboth

    The female sex, as opposed to the male.

إناثnoun
  1. 1.
    The plural of al-unthā (female) is ināth.both

    The plural of al-unthā (female) is ināth.

أنثnoun
  1. 1.
    Unuth, with two ḍammas, as if it were a plural of ināth.both

    Unuth, with two ḍammas, as if it were a plural of ināth.

آنثتverb
  1. 1.
    gave birth to a femaleboth

    A woman gave birth to a female child.

مُؤَنَّثadjective
  1. 1.
    female (person)both

    Describing a woman who has given birth to a female.

مِئْناثadjective
  1. 1.
    habitually gives birth to femalesclassical

    A woman whose habit is to give birth to female children.

تأنيثnoun
  1. 1.
    feminizationboth

    The act of making something feminine, or the grammatical concept of feminization.

  2. 2.
    feminine genderboth

    The grammatical gender of a noun or word, as opposed to masculine gender.

أنَّثَتهُverb
  1. 1.
    feminized itboth

    To make something feminine, or to assign it feminine gender.

تَفَأَنَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    became feminizedclassical

    To become feminine or to adopt feminine characteristics.

الأنِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    non-male (iron)classical

    Referring to iron that is not the male part (in a context where parts are gendered).

الأنثَيانnoun
  1. 1.
    Al-unthayān: the two testicles.both

    Al-unthayān: the two testicles.

  2. 2.
    And also: the two ears.both

    And also: the two ears.

أرض أنيثةadjective
  1. 1.
    fertile landclassical

    Land that is easy to cultivate and grows abundant vegetation.

Parallel reading

الأنثى: خلاف الذكر
The female: the opposite of the male.
ويجمع على إناث
And it is pluralized as 'inath'.
وقد قيل أنث كأنه جمع إناث
And it has been said 'anth' as if it were a plural of 'inath'.
وآنثت المرأة، إذا ولدت أنثى
And the woman gave birth to a female, if she bore a female.
فهي مؤنث
Then she is 'mu'annath' (female).
وإذا كان ذلك عادتها فهي مئناث أيضا
And if that is her habit, then she is also 'mi'nath' (habitually gives birth to females).
وتأنيث الاسم، خلاف تذكيره
And the feminization of a noun, is the opposite of its masculinization.
وقد أنثته فتأنث
And you have feminized it, and it became feminized.
والانيث: ما كان من الحديد غير ذكر
And 'al-anith': that which is made of iron, not the male part.
والأنثيان: الخصيان
And 'al-anthayan': the testicles.
والأنثيان أيضا: الاذنان
And 'al-anthayan' also: the ears.
وكنا إذا القيسي نب عتوده * ضربناه دون الانثيين على الكرد
And when the Qaysi's companion was struck * we struck him on the ears (or testicles) on the Kurd.
يقال أرض أنيثة: تنبت البقل سهلة
It is said: 'ardh unaythah': land that grows vegetation easily.