Gender of Nouns-15 martie

Gender has the same relation to nouns that sex has to individuals, but while there

are only two sexes, there are four genders:

masculine - the masculine gender denotes all those of the male kind

feminine - the feminine gender all those of the female kind

neuter - the neuter gender denotes inanimate things or whatever is without life

common - common gender is applied to animate beings, the sex of which for the

time being is indeterminable, such as fish, mouse, bird, etc

Sometimes things which are without life as we conceive it and which, properly

speaking, belong to the neuter type of noun, are, by a figure of speech called

Personification, changed into either the masculine or feminine, as, for instance, we

say of the sun, He is rising; of the moon, She is setting.

The English language, unlike most others, applies the distinction of Masculine and

Feminine only to the names of persons and animals: man, woman; boy, girl; lion,

lioness. Nouns which denote things without animal life are said to be Neuter or of

Neuter Gender

When the same name is used for male and female, it is said to be Common or of

Common Gender : bird, fish, parent, sovereign, friend. There are three ways of

indicating difference of Gender in Nouns:-

1. By adding a suffix -ess ex. lion - lioness

2. By using compound words ex. boy-friend, landlord, he-wolf

3. By distinct words ex. father-mother

Masculine and feminine gender actor

author

bachelor

boy

bridegroom

brother

conductor

count

actress

authoress

spinster

girl

bride

sister

conductress

countess

czar

dad

daddy

duke

emperor

father

father-in-law

gentleman

giant

god

governor

grandfather

headmaster

heir

hero

host

hunter

husband

king

lad

landlord

lord

man

manager

manservant

master

milkman

monk

Mr.

murderer

nephew

papa

poet

czarina

mum

mummy

duchess

empress

mother

mother-in-law

lady

giantess

goddess

matron

grandmother

headmistress

heiress

heroine

hostess

huntress

wife

queen

lass

landlady

lady

woman

manageress

maidservant

mistress

milkmaid

nun

Mrs.

murderess

niece

mama

poetess

postmaster

prince

prophet

proprietor

shepherd

sir

son

son-in-law

step-father

step-son

steward

sultan

uncle

waiter

wizard

postmistress

princess

prophetess

proprietress

shepherdess

madam

daughter

daughter-in-law

step-mother

step-daughter

stewardess

sultana

aunt

waitress

witch

boar

buck

bull

bull-elephant

cock

cock-pigeon

dog

drake

drone

fox

gander

he-bear

he-goat

he-wolf

leopard

sow

doe

cow

cow-elephant

hen

hen-pigeon

bitch

duck

bee

vixen

goose

she-bear

she-goat

she-wolf

leopardess

lion

peacock

ram

stallion

tiger

tom-cat

turkey-cock

lioness

peahen

ewe

mare

tigress

tabby-cat

turkey-hen