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Some :ref:`particles<particle>` are also marked for gender in Biblical Aramaic.
.. note:: Some feminine nouns do NOT take feminine endings, even some common
nouns such as אֵם (mother) and אֶרֶץ (earth). They appear to be
nouns such as אֶבֶן (stone). They appear to be
masculine nouns, but they are actually feminine nouns. A dictionary or
lexicon will indicate the proper gender for each word.
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Form
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Feminine :ref:`singular<number_singular>` :ref:`nouns<noun>` and :ref:`adjectives<adjective>` usually end in either ־ָה (qamets-he)
or ־ֶת (seghol-taw, for participles). Feminine :ref:`dual<number_dual>` terms end in ־ַיִם (patach-yod-hireq-final mem), as in יָדַיִם (hands).
Feminine :ref:`plural<number_plural>` terms usually end in וֹת- (holem-taw), as in תּוֹרוֹת (laws). There is a whole family of
:ref:`verbal<verb>` prefixes and suffixes that indicate feminine gender for :ref:`finite<verb-finite>` verbs.
.. csv-table:: Feminine Noun Paradigm
Parsing,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss