See also: أنبئ and انتي

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanθ-at-. Related to the verb أَنُثَ (ʔanuṯa, to be feminine). Has the form of a feminine elative. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ảṯt, wife), Akkadian 𒁮 (aššatum, wife), Aramaic אִנְתְּתָא (ʾintəṯā), אִיתְּתָא (ʾittəṯā), Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ʾiššâ) and Classical Syriac ܐܢܬܬܐ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔun.θaː/
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Noun edit

أُنْثَى (ʔunṯāf (dual أُنْثَيَانِ (ʔunṯayāni), plural إِنَاث (ʔināṯ) or أَنَاثَى (ʔanāṯā) or أُنُث (ʔunuṯ))

  1. a female
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:13:
      يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا
      yā ʔayyuhā n-nāsu ʔinnā ḵalaqnākum min ḏakarin wa-ʔunṯā wa-jaʕalnākum šuʕūban wa-qabāʔila li-taʕārafū
      O mankind! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female and made you nations and tribes that you may be well acquainted with one another.
  2. (in the dual, obsolete) testicles

Declension edit

Adjective edit

أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā) (common plural إِنَاث (ʔināṯ) or أَنَاثَى (ʔanāṯā) or أُنُث (ʔunuṯ))

  1. female
  2. feminine

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