ENGLISH - NOUN - GENDER

NOUN – GENDER

MODEL  I

Word to word  opposite

Boy x girl,   brother x sister,   daddy x mummy,   uncle x aunt,   father x mother,   husband x wife,   king x queen, 

lad x lass,    man x woman,   monk x nun,    papa x mamma,   sir x madam,   son x daughter,   widower x widow   wizard x witch   sloven x slut   lord x lady   brother-in-law x sister-in-law    mother-in-law x father-in-law

son-in-law x daughter-in-law

buck x doe   bull x cow,   dog x bitch   drake x duck   drone x bee   fox x vixen   gander x goose   hart x roe  

horse x mare   ram x ewe   stag x hind   boar x sow   bullock x heifer   cock x hen   colt x filly

MODEL  II

Add                 “-ess”

Eg., Author x authoress

Similarly to      baron, count,  giant, heir, host, jew, lion, manager, mayor, patron, peer, poet,  priest, prince, prophet, shepherd, steward, tutor,

MODEL  III

Add                 “-ess”               after doing some modification at the end of the word

Eg.,                  conductor x conductress

Actor, ambassador,  elector, founder, hunter, instructor, protector, songster, tempter, victor, waiter, abbot, duke,  governor, master, headmaster, price, director,

MODEL  IV

Hero x heroine   viceroy x vicereine    executor x executrix    proprietor x proprietrix    testator x testatrix   

Czar x czarina    don x donna    infant x infanta    sultan x sultana

MODEL  V

Common gender- gender is  differentiated by a prefix  or  suffix

Calf                                         bull-calf                                                     cow-calf             rabbit      buck-rabbit      doe-rabbit

Cock                cock-sparrow               hen-sparrow                 bear           he-bear               she-bear

Buffalo            he-buffalo                   she-buffalo                  devil          he-devil              she-devil

Boar                 he-boar                        she-boar                       goat            he-goat                she-goat

Ass                  jack-ass                        jenny-ass                                       peacock              peahen

Turkey             turkey-cock                 turkey-hen

Beggar             beggar-man                  beggar-woman

                                               

MODEL  VI

First word brings change

Peacock x peahen    bride-groom x bride    grandfather x grandmother    landlord x landlady

Maternal-uncle x maternal-aunt    paternal-uncle x paternal-aunt    milk-man x milk-maid                

MODEL  VII

Common gender  That means  for  male  and  female  are same word is used.

Child, animal, person, friend, servant, pupil, baby, infant, cousin, orphan, student, neighbout, enemy, relation, monarch, bird, spouse, sheep, deer, fish, teacher, foe, calf, offspring, youngone, I, we, you, they, Prime Minister, President, Chief Minister, 

MODEL  VIII

Male                female             young                                      Male          female                young

Buck                doe                  fawn                                        drake         duck                   duckling

Gander             goose               goosling                                   fox             vixen                  cub

Lion                 lioness             cub                                          bull            cow                     calf

Pig                   sow                  piglet                                        horse          mare                   foal

Ram                 ewe                  lamb                                        tiger           tigress                 cub