’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)
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