’sayyara’
is feminine. Most feminine nouns in Arabic end in –a. However
there is a so-called hidden -t. It comes up when you need to add
the possessive to the nouns just like in the above example.
-ak,
-ik (your, yours – MASCULINE SINGULAR)
Sadeegik – your friend
baytak – your house
kitaabik – your book
sayyaaratik – your car
-ach,
-ich (your, yours – FEMININE SINGULAR)
Sadeegich – your (fem.) friend
baytich – your house (i.e. the house of a female)
kitaabich – your book (i.e. the book of a female)
sayyartich – your car (i.e. the car belongs to a woman)
-ah
(his)
Sadeegah – his friend
baytah – his house
kitaabah – his book
sayyaartah – his car
-ha
(her)
Sadeegha – her friend (usually pronounced Sadeegga)
baytha – her house (usually pronounced baytta)
kitaabha – her book (usually pronounced kitaabba)
sayyaaratha – her car (usually pronounced sayyaaratta)
-na
(our, ours)
Sadeegna – our friend
baytna – our home
kitaabna – our book
sayyaaratna – our car
-kum
(your, yours – PLURAL, several people)
Sadeegkum – your friend
baytkum – your house
kitaabkum – your book
sayyaaratkum – your car
-hum
(their, theirs)
Sadeeghum – their friend (usually pronounced Sadeeggum)
baythum – their home (usually pronounced bayttum)
kitaabhum – their book (usually pronounced kitaabbum)
sayyaarathum – their car (usually pronounced sayyaarattum)
Books
about the Gulf Countries and their Culture and History
-i
(my, mine)
ak,
-ik (your, yours – MASCULINE SINGULAR)