Nouns and Genders

Nouns and Genders :



Nouns can be classified into four genders.

Masculine : boy, man, lion, ox, peacock, drake

Feminine : girl, woman, lioness, cow, peahen, duck

Common : Nouns that can belong to either masculine or feminine or both - baby, child, doctor, teacher, driver, animal, writer, pilot

Neuter : Nouns that do not have a gender - table, chair, tree, car, pen, lamp

We can form the feminine of the following nouns.

by adding ess

1. actor - actress
   
2. author - authoress
   
3. heir - heiress
   
4. lion - lioness
   
5. tiger - dgress
   
6. host - hostess
   
7. priest - priestess
   
8. prince - princess
   
9. seamster — seamstress
   
10. god — goddess
    
    

by adding she / girl / woman

1. he-goat — she-goat
   
2. godfather - godmother
   
3. washerman — washerwoman
   
4. fisherman – fisherwoman
   
   

by using a totally different word

1. boy - girl
   
2. buck - doe
   
3. bull/ox — cow
   
4. colt — filly
   
5. father - mother
   
6. fox — vixen
   
7. gander - goose
   
8. horse - mare
   
9. drake — duck
   
10. husband — wife
    
11. king - queen
    
12. lord - lady
    
13. nephew — niece
    
14. ram — ewe
    
15. salesman — saleswoman
    
16. businessman - businesswoman
    
17. man-servant - maid-servant
    
18. businessman — businesswoman
    
19. son — daughter
    
20. gentleman - lady
    
21. bridegroom — bride
    
22. cock — hen
    
23. uncle - aunt
    
24. hero - heroine
    
25. boar — sow
    
26. peacock -peahen
    

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