Gender Feminine

Summary

Nouns, adjectives, finite verbs, participles, pronouns, pronominal suffixes, and some particles change their form is according to their grammatical gender, either masculine or feminine.

In Biblical Aramaic, the feminine gender is often marked by either a ־ָה (qamets-he) or ־ָן (qamets-nun) suffix, but various other prefixes and suffixes can also indicate feminine gender.

Article

In Biblical Aramaic, nouns are classified according to gender, either masculine, feminine, or sometimes both. Grammatical modifiers (such as adjectives, active and passive participles, pronouns, pronominal suffixes) change their endings in order to agree with the gender of the term they refer to. A finite verb with feminine gender indicates a feminine subject. All references to female persons in Biblical Aramaic are feminine. However, other entities apart from people can also be classified as feminine. For example, the proper names of cities are often feminine in Biblical Aramaic, as well as body parts that exist as pairs (hand, foot, etc.). Some particles are also marked for gender in Biblical Aramaic.

Note

Some feminine nouns do NOT take feminine endings, even some common nouns such as אֶבֶן (stone). They appear to be masculine nouns, but they are actually feminine nouns. A dictionary or lexicon will indicate the proper gender for each word.

Form

Pe’al Perfect Feminine Forms

Parsing	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
second person feminine singular	כְּתַבְתִּי	kethabhtiy	you wrote
second person feminine plural	כְּתַבְתֵּן	kethabhtan	you wrote
third person feminine singular	כִּתְבַת	kithbhath	she wrote
third person feminine plural	כְּתַבָה	kethabhah	they wrote

Pe’al Imperfect Conjugation Feminine Forms

Parsing	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
second person feminine singular	תִּכְתְּבִין	tikhtebhiyn	you will write
second person feminine plural	תִּכְתְּבָן	tikhtebhan	you will write
third person feminine singular	תִּכְתֻּב	tikhtubh	she will write
third person feminine plural	יִכְתְּבָן	yikhtebhan	they will write

Independent Personal Pronoun Feminine Forms

Parsing	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
second person feminine singular	אַנְתִּי	‘antiy	you
second person feminine plural	אַנתֵּן	‘antan	you
third person feminine singular	הִיא	hiy	she
third person feminine plural	אִנִּין	‘inniyn	they

Pronominal Suffix Feminine Forms

Parsing	Aramaic	Transliteration	Gloss
second person feminine singular	־כִי	-khiy	your
second person feminine plural	־כֵן	-khen	your
third person feminine singular	־ַהּ	-ah	her
third person feminine plural	־הֵן	-hen	their