أنثى

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أنثى

/ʔun.θaː/

Where it comes from

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.

noun أُنْثَى · ʔunṯā · إِنَاث · أَنَاثَى · أُنُث

a female يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا
in the dual testicles

adjective أُنْثَى · ʔunṯā · إِنَاث · أَنَاثَى · أُنُث

feminine female
feminine feminine

Opposite: ذَكَر

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adjective

Opposite: ذَكَر

In English

female belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically assoc

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أنثى},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AB%D9%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}