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أنثى

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See also: أنبئ and انتي

Arabic

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ʔun.θaː/
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Noun

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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

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Adjective

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

  1. female
  2. feminine

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