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Rh (2) A large number of nouns ending in a broad consonant are feminine. A very full list of commonly used feminine nouns ending in a broad consonant will be found in Appendix II.

FEMININE NOUNS. (a) Names of females and designations of females are feminine:, a woman; , a hen; , a mother; , a daughter.

The names of countries and rivers are feminine: as, Ireland; , the Liffey; , the Barrow.

Words of two or more syllables ending in or in  are feminine: as, a lark; , a briar; , sweetness; , new-milk.

All abstract nouns formed from the genitive singular feminine of adjectives are feminine: as, height—from , high; , beauty—from , beautiful; , blindness—from , blind.

Nouns ending in a consonant or two consonants preceded by a slender vowel, are feminine: as, country; , honour; , an hour; , an eye.

—(1) Personal nouns ending in. (2) Diminutives in. (3) Names of males, as, a father; , a boy. (4) Also the following nouns:—, a victory;, the back; , a name; , a piece; , a fright, a start; and , dictionary, vocabulary.