How Gender Is Shown - II
Also, Among the common nouns are the names of young creatures, such as …
Expressing Gender |
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Parent |
Young |
Mother |
Child |
Cow |
Calf |
Hen |
Chicken |
Goose |
Gosling |
Duck |
Duckling |
Swan |
Cygnet |
Dear |
Fawn |
Dog |
Pup (puppy) |
Cat |
Kitten (kitty) |
Horse |
Pony |
Sometimes nouns of the common gender or the neuter gender regarded as masculine or feminine.
We speak of horses, dogs, and larger animals such as the elephant as masculine.
Ship is generally spoken of as feminine.
Railway trains and locomotives are often spoken of as feminine.
The names of countries are generally feminine.
Many things outside human life are treated as persons. This is called personification. Those are belonging to the masculine gender and remind us masculine qualities. Such as: the sun, war, the east (direction), wind, time, demons, and the mountains.
Similarly, things connected with fertility or beauty or the delicacy are treated as feminine. Such as: Earth, the moon, dawn, nature, spring ...
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