שפר Chapter 1: Gender, Plural of Masculine nouns

‎גַּן

Garden, park (m.s)

Gender rules:

There is no neuter gender in Hebrew.

All objects, therefore, are regarded as either masculine זָכָר, or feminine נְקֵבָה.

• There are some nouns which are used for both genders. Such nouns are said to be of common gender.

Masculine Grammatical number:

The noun שֵׁם עֶצֶם has two numbers, the singular יָחִיד, and the plural רַבִּים.

The standard rule: Masculine nouns form their plural by adding Chirik (Yod) and final Mem to the singular;

Ex. as, סַל basket, סַלִּים baskets.

‎עֵץ

Tree (m.s)

‎סַל

Basket (m.s)

‎דָּג

Fish (m.s)

‎עֵט

Pen (m.s)

‎סוּס

Horse (m.s)

‎זֶה

This (m.)

‎אֵלֶּה

These (g. neutral)

‎מַה, מָה

What? (g. neutral)

כַּד

Pitcher (m.s)

עֵטִים

Pens (m.p)

סַלִּים

Baskets (m.p)

עֵצים

trees (m.p)

דָּגִים

Fishes/ Fish (m.p)

כַּדִּים

Pitchers (m.p)

סוּסִים

Horses (m.p)

גַּנִּים

Parks, Gardens (m.p)