Definitions

1. The feminine is Devi " goddess " (PIE *deiwih 2).
2. For the feminine, the desinences are "a" for the singular and "as" for the plural.
3. The non-feminine is unmarked; the feminine is marked by modifying the final vowel in some fashion. (Web site)
4. Female or Feminine is a grammatical gender in many languages.
5. Either the feminine is a metaphor and actual women are altogether absent, or Tantra involves the transgressive use of women's bodies to serve male interests.

Feminine Qualities

1. He also thought the activation of feminine qualities that we all have AIDS. Chrysocolla is to be favored by musicians and singers.

Feminine Counterpart

1. In some religious traditions or movements Heavenly Mother (also referred to as Mother in Heaven) is the wife and feminine counterpart of God the Father.

Feminine Wiles

1. Indeed, some clever feminist scholar should write a book about how the first Roman emperor owed his ascendancy less to masculine will than to feminine wiles. (Web site)

Definite Article

1. This only occurs with feminine singular nouns; for example, mab "son" remains unchanged after the definite article. (Web site)
2. The definite article, used with plural or feminine singular nouns, the.

Tandava

1. She was trained in both masculine (tandava) and feminine (lasya) sub-styles of Manipuri dance and pung (Manipuri drums). (Web site)

Masculine Form

1. It should be clear from context when to use the feminine and when to use the masculine form.

Feminine Endings

1. Learn typical masculine and feminine endings of French nouns. (Web site)

Three Grammatical Genders

1. Old Norse nouns could have three grammatical genders - masculine, feminine or neuter. (Web site)

Divine Feminine

1. The following is a selection of books about women, the "divine feminine", and the female influence in Buddhism.
2. Goddess Quiz reveals your goddess within to access the power of the divine feminine.

Feminine Side

1. Chrysocolla is very feminine in nature, allowing the exploration of our feminine side.
2. This celebration of women in the arts turns the spotlight on the feminine side of the orchestra.

Feminine Version

1. Job titles have a masculine and a feminine version in Russian, though in most cases the feminine version is only used in colloquial speech.

Feminine Charm

1. It give the women an aura of feminine charm and grace.

Female Bodybuilders

1. The first Ms. Olympia Rachel McLish was more along the lines of what the public expected of female bodybuilders -- sleek, with some definition and feminine. (Web site)
2. Female bodybuilders are often mocked and viewed negatively for not conforming to traditional norms of feminine beauty and gender roles.

Male

1. The Loir, male, is the river, not La Loire of the feminine gender. (Web site)
2. The male lead is bewitched by the feminine allure of Ondine. (Web site)

Dutch

1. In Dutch, there are three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. (Web site)

Exclusive

1. The feminine gender is exclusive in the plural: las niñas = the little girls.

Polish

1. In contrast, Polish has no less than five genders: masculine personal, masculine animate, masculine inanimate, feminine and neuter.

Freyja

1. THE ODIN BROTHERHOOD: Freyja is all that is perfect and feminine.
2. Here we have a masculine and a feminine name based on the same root, like Freyr and Freyja, and Njord and Nerthus.

Metaphor

1. It is expressed through both philosophical tracts and metaphor that the potentiality of masculine being is given actuation by the feminine divine.

Vice Versa

1. Numerals between three and ten show "chiasmic" agreement, in that grammatically masculine numerals have feminine marking and vice versa.

Spirituality

1. Sufism: In which an inner tradition of feminine spirituality and reverence for women was preserved within the outwardly male-centered Islamic milieu.
2. A "Feminist" Spirituality is one that relates to the Divine, however else one understands the Divine, as including feminine qualities.

Men

1. Most of the electronic groups in the mid-'80s were led by men; Book of Love brought a feminine perspective that was lacking in synthesizer-based music.
2. But now that so many men are getting in touch with their feminine side, we're ready to start seeing the wild man and to put its powerful, dark energy to use. (Web site)
3. It would be the feminine equivalent of suit and tie that men wear on black tie events.

Sex

1. Confusion arises between the concepts of gender and sex because in most Indo-European languages the genders are called masculine, feminine and neuter. (Web site)
2. Animals may have a masculine and a feminine form, which, however, do not always indicate their sex.
3. Hatshepsut never made a secret of her sex in texts; her inscriptions frequently employed feminine endings. (Web site)

Catalan

1. Nouns in Catalan are masculine or feminine.

Female

1. The terms "masculine" and "feminine" are generally preferred to "male" and "female" in reference to grammatical gender.
2. The Gnostic Holy Spirit was female, or the feminine side of God. (Web site)

Females

1. In those languages, men are (usually, but not always) masculine, females are feminine, and inanimate objects may be masculine, feminine, or neuter.
2. Similarly, nouns that refer to females such as "ʔummun" for "mother" and "ʔaru:sun" for "bride" neither need nor have feminine endings.
3. Feminine gender includes most words that refer to females. (Web site)

Person

1. In Spanish language, nouns are masculine or feminine, either for person, thing, place, quality or idea.
2. By the way, speaking of "person," that comes from a feminine word in Latin persona.

Inclusive

1. The noun Gender All Spanish nouns have one of two genders: masculine or inclusive and feminine or exclusive.

Feminism

1. For many commentators, Wollstonecraft represents the first codification of "equality" feminism, or a refusal of the feminine, a child of the Enlightenment. (Web site)

Feminists

1. Also, I learned that men can be feminists too, without necessarily being feminine or emasculated. (Web site)
2. Many feminists believe that the behaviours and feelings which are considered typically masculine or typically feminine are purely socially conditioned. (Web site)

Dresses

1. Machines are feminine and Dresses are masculine in Spanish for example. (Web site)
2. These styles focused on feminine curves by way of figure-hugging gowns, dresses, skirts, and sweaters. (Web site)

Dual

1. All souls are dual, and, while the latter is a feminine principle, the spirit is masculine. (Web site)

Germanic Languages

1. The Sun is always feminine in Germanic languages, spirituality and culture, just as the Moon is always masculine.
2. Like other Germanic languages, Swedish used to have three genders, masculine, feminine, and neuter.

Old Norse

1. Old Norse had three grammatical genders – masculine, feminine or neuter.
2. In Old Norse the sun is feminine, and the moon masculine. (Web site)

Participle

1. Because this participle has a masculine ending, it cannot refer to "stomach," which is in the feminine gender in Greek.

Verb

1. The pronoun hi is used for both of them, but where the masculine form of the verb uses a -k, the feminine uses an -n. (Web site)
2. I, a personal pronoun, first person singular, masculine or feminine gender, nominative case, subject of the verb see. (Web site)

Cases

1. In such cases, terms like "masculine", "feminine" and "neuter" should be understood as little more than convenient labels for three large groups of nouns. (Web site)
2. In all these cases, one says that the feminine gender is semantically marked, while the masculine gender is unmarked. (Web site)
3. Some critics accuse advocates of non-sexist language of "re-gendering" language, replacing masculine in some cases by feminine terms that are equally sexist. (Web site)

Distinction

1. During the Avestan period, a distinction was always maintained between the urvan, conceived to be masculine and Fravashi, which is feminine. (Web site)
2. Most Western languages have some form of distinction between masculine and feminine nouns, with some of them adding neuter for good measure.

Case

1. In case of the other words in the list, the use of the Feminine for the Masculine is confined chiefly to early and late Latin, and to poetry.
2. This is no longer the case, however, and all inanimate objects in the Romance languages are now either masculine or feminine. (Web site)
3. The gender is known in this case to be feminine. (Web site)

Exceptions

1. French is the worst in my experience when it comes to exceptions for masculine and feminine nouns - I could never keep it all straight. (Web site)

Girl

1. Irish cailín "girl" is masculine, while stail "stallion" is feminine. (Web site)
2. In the German language, for instance, M�dchen ("girl") has neuter grammatical gender though its referent's natural gender is feminine.
3. Slovenian dekle "girl" is neuter, while its cognate dekla "maidservant" is feminine. (Web site)

Scales

1. By analogy, the major scales are masculine (clear, open, extrovert), while the minor scales are given feminine qualities (dark, soft, introvert). (Web site)

Chords

1. In western music theory, keys, chords and scales are often described as having major or minor tonality, sometimes related to masculine and feminine. (Web site)

Neutral

1. For example, most Germanic languages have three genders: masculine, feminine, and neutral. (Web site)
2. However note that [masculine] [feminine] [neutral] are grammatical, whereas [male] [female] [asexual] are semantic. (Web site)
3. I think you should have three endings at least for the nouns: one masculine, one feminine, and one neutral. (Web site)

Goddess

1. If it referred to a goddess, then we would expect the noun to be feminine in gender.
2. Mystic Lore: Intuitive sources say that Chrysocolla enhances the feminine energies and activates one's connection to the Goddess. (Web site)
3. A goddess whose name means "mistress of the offering." She is a feminine counterpart of the male creative principle of Atum. (Web site)

Devi

1. Devi is the divine in feminine form. (Web site)

Categories

1. Masculine
2. Nouns
3. Life > Reproduction > Sex > Gender
4. Plural
5. Singular

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