A) A noun that denotes a male animal is said to be the Masculine Gender.
B) A noun that denotes a female animal is said to be the Feminine Gender.
1) There are three ways of forming the Feminine of Nouns.
1) boy - girl 2) brother - sister 3) buck - doe 4) bull or ox - cow 5) horse - mare 6) king - queen
7) husband - wife 8) lord - lady 9) man - woman 10) monk - nun 11) cock - hen 12) sir - madam
13) son - daughter 14) uncle - aunt 15) drone - bee 16) gander - goose 17) mother - father
18) gentleman - lady 19) drake - duck 20) wizard - witch
2) By adding ( -ess, -ine, -trix, -a etc )
1) author - authoress 2) count - countess 3) lion - lioness 4) poet - poetess 5) host - hostess
6) emperor - empress 7) hunter - huntress 8) tiger - tigress 9) prince - princess 10) duke - duchess
B) A noun that denotes a female animal is said to be the Feminine Gender.
1) There are three ways of forming the Feminine of Nouns.
1) boy - girl 2) brother - sister 3) buck - doe 4) bull or ox - cow 5) horse - mare 6) king - queen
7) husband - wife 8) lord - lady 9) man - woman 10) monk - nun 11) cock - hen 12) sir - madam
13) son - daughter 14) uncle - aunt 15) drone - bee 16) gander - goose 17) mother - father
18) gentleman - lady 19) drake - duck 20) wizard - witch
2) By adding ( -ess, -ine, -trix, -a etc )
1) author - authoress 2) count - countess 3) lion - lioness 4) poet - poetess 5) host - hostess
6) emperor - empress 7) hunter - huntress 8) tiger - tigress 9) prince - princess 10) duke - duchess
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