Arabic word sheet
أُنْثَى
Female
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ء ن ث
Meaning and usage
Female
A being of the female sex, as opposed to the male: said of a girl or a woman as well as of the female of any animal.
وَلَدَتِ الْقِطَّةُ أُنْثَى وَاحِدَةً.
The cat gave birth to a single female.
Plural
إِنَاثٌ
Word family
What the root means ء ن ث
The root carries the idea of being female. One early authority holds softness to be the first idea; others take it as a figurative use. The same root is also said of yielding ground and of soft iron.
to be female; (of iron) to be soft
أَنُثَ
femaleness, womanliness
أُنُوثَةٌ
soft, yielding (of land)
أَنِيثٌ
Opposites
male
ذَكَرٌ