Modes of Distinguishing Sex by Difference of Termination

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Modes of Distinguishing Sex by The Use of Different Words :


Modes of Distinguishing Sex

There are three ways of distinguishing sex.

1. By the use of different words
2. By difference of termination
3. By prefixing or affixing another word


1. By the use of different words

Masculine…Feminine

Bachelor…Maid
Beau…Belle
Boy…Girl
Brother…Sister
Bull…Cow Or Heifer
Bullock…Cow Or Heifer
Ox…Cow Or Heifer
Steer…Cow Or Heifer
Colt…Filly
Earl…Countess
Father…Mother
Friar…Nun
Monk…Nun
Gander…Goose
Horse…Mare
Husband…Wife
King....queen
Lad....lass
Lord....lady
Male....female
Man....woman
Master....miss or mistress
Nephew....niece
Papa....mamma
Ram....ewe
Sir....madam
Son....daughter
Stag....hind
Swain....nymph
Uncle....aunt
Wizard....witch


By Difference of Termination

Masculine....Feminine

Abbot....abbess
Actor....actress
Arbiter....arbitress
Author....authoress
Baron....baroness
Benefactor....benefactress
Count....countess
Deacon....deaconess
Duke....duchess
Editor....editress
Founder....foundress
Giant....giantess
Heir....heiress
Hero....heroine
Lion....lioness
Negro....negress
Poet....poetess
Shepherd....shepherdess
Tailor....tailoress
Testator....testatrix
Bridegroom....bride
Czar....czarina
Don....donna
Sultan....sultana

By profixing or affixing another word

Masculine…. Feminine

Gentleman…. gentlewoman
Grand Father…. grand mother
He-goat…. she-goat
Land lord…..landlady
Male-child…..female-child
Man-servant…..maid-servant
Peacock…..peahen
Schoolmaster…….schoolmistress

Note : Some nouns denote objects which may be either male or female as, bird, parent. These are said to be of the Common Gender.

Exercises :

Name all the nouns in the following sentences and state whether it is a proper noun or a common noun, and state the gender of each.

The teacher explained the lesson to the boys and the girls.
Mary made a fan of the feathers of a peacock.
The hunter killed a deer and its fawn.
The king and the queen were on the throne.
The landlord turned the man, his wife, and their children out of the house.
Mr. Dale bought a horse and a colt for two hundred dollars.
The shepherdess kept watch over her sheep.
John caught a fish in the lake.
My uncle, aunt, and cousin have gone home.

Name (or write) five nouns of the masculine gender, five of the feminine gender, five of the neuter gender and five of the common gender.

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