THE NOUN: GENDER

MASCULINE GENDER
A noun that denotes a male creature is said to be Masculine gender.
FEMININE GENDER
A noun that denotes a female creature is said to be Feminine gender.
COMMON GENDER
A noun that denotes either a male or a female is said to be of the Common gender.
viz parent, child, friend, pupil, servant, thife,etc.
NEUTER GENDER
A noun that denotes a thing that is neither male nor female (i.e., thing without life) is said to be of Neuter gender.
viz book, pen,room,tree, etc.

WAYS OF FORMING THE FEMININE OF NOUNS
There are three waves of forming the feminine of Nouns
(1) By using an entirely different words; as
       MASCULINE                          FEMININE 
   Bachelor                                         spinster
   Boy                                                   girl
   Brother                                             sister 
   Buck                                                  doe
   Bull(or Ox)                                        cow
   Hart                                                    roe
   Horse                                                mare
   Monkey(or friar)                               nun
   Colt                                                     filly
    Ram                                                    ewe
(2) By adding a syllable (-ess, -ine, -trix, -a, etc.) as,
             MASCULINE                        FEMININE
             Author                              Authoress
              Peer                                  peeress
              Priest                                priestess

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