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Gender of Nouns

Masculine and feminine

Two genders, no neuter

Every noun is masculine or feminine.

💬 Examples
ילד / ילדה
yeled / yalda
boy / girl
📝 Feminine often adds ה (-a)
מורה / מורה
more / mora
teacher (m / f)
📝 Same spelling, different vowels
Feminine often ends in ה or ת

Typical feminine endings are -a (ה) or -t (ת).

📊 Gender endings
Gender Typical ending Example
masculine (no special ending) ילד (yeled)
feminine ה (-a) ילדה (yalda)
feminine ת (-t) דלת (delet)
💬 Examples
מורה
mora
(female) teacher
📝 ה ending = feminine
רכבת
rakevet
train
📝 ת ending = feminine
Some feminine nouns have no ending

Many feminine nouns must simply be memorized.

💬 Examples
עיר
ir
city
📝 Feminine without a marker
אבן
even
stone
📝 Feminine despite no ending