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Vocabulary

Animals

Most animal names in Arabic have only one gender; either masculine or feminine. The name will be used for both male and female animals regardless of its gender. However, there are also numerous animals that have two versions of their names, one for each gender; albeit the female version are not always used.

Determining which animals have two versions of their names for each gender is a horrendous task in Arabic, because of the so much arbitrariness and vagueness in usage. I am going to put here only the ones that I've seen in dictionaries, and the ones that I believe are O.K.

Note that all the names are singulars and are written in the nominative absolute (indefinite) case.

Animals الْحَيَوَاْنَاْتُ
Alligator / Crocodile	تِمْسَاْحٌ
Ant	نَمْلَةٌ
Ape / Monkey (male)	قِرْدٌ
Ape / Monkey (female)	قِرْدَةٌ
Ass / Donkey (male, jack)	حِمَاْرٌ
Ass / Donkey (female, jenny)	أَتَاْنٌ
Baboon	بَاْبُوْنٌ
Bat	وَطْوَاْطٌ
Bat	خُفَّاْشٌ
Bear (male, boar)	دُبٌّ
Bear (female, sow)	دُبَّةٌ
Beaver	قُنْدُسٌ
Bee	نَحْلَةٌ
Bird	طَيْرٌ
Bird	طَاْئِرٌ
Bird (small, male)	عُصْفُوْرٌ
Bird (small, female)	عُصْفُوْرَةٌ
Bison / Buffalo	ثَوْرٌ أَمريكِيٌّ
Bug / Insect	حَشَرَةٌ
Butterfly	فَرَاْشَةٌ
Camel (male)	جَمَلٌ
Camel (female)	نَاْقَةٌ
Camel (old camel)	بَعِيْرٌ
Cat (male, tom)	قِطٌّ
Cat (female, queen)	قِطَّةٌ
Cattle / Ox (male, bull)	ثَوْرٌ
Cattle / Ox (female, cow)	بَقَرَةٌ
Chameleon	حِرْبَاْءٌ
Cheetah	فَهْدٌ
Chicken (male, rooster)	دِيْكٌ
Chicken (female, hen)	دَجَاْجَةٌ
Chimpanzee	شِمْبَاْنْزِيْ
Cockroach	صُرْصُوْرٌ
Crow	غُرَاْبٌ
Deer (male, buck)	ظَبْيٌ
Deer (female, doe)	ظَبْيَةٌ
Dinosaur	ديناصورٌ
Dog (male)	كَلْبٌ
Dog (female, bitch)	كَلْبَةٌ
Dogfish	كَلْبُ الْبَحْرِ
Dolphin	دُلْفِيْنٌ
Duck	بَطَّةٌ
Eagle	عُقَاْبٌ
Eel	أَنقَلِيْسٌ
Elephant (male, bull)	فِيْلٌ
Elephant (female, cow)	فِيْلَةٌ
Falcon	بَاْزٌ
Fish	سَمَكَةٌ
Fly	ذُبَاْبَةٌ
Fox (male, dog)	ثَعْلَبٌ
Fox (female, vixen)	ثَعْلَبَةٌ
Frog / toad (female)	ضِفْدَعٌ
Frog / toad (female)	عَيْلَمٌ
Frog / toad (male)	عُلْجُوْمٌ
Frog / toad (male)	عَيْلَمٌ
Gazelle (male, buck)	غَزَاْلٌ
Gazelle (female, doe)	غَزَاْلَةٌ
Gecko	بُرَيْصٌ
Gecko	أَبُوْ بُرَيْصٍ
Giraffe	زَرَاْفَةٌ
Goat (male, buck)	مَعْزٌ
Goat (male, buck)	مَاْعِزٌ
Goat (male, buck)	تَيْسٌ
Goat (male, buck)	شَاْةٌ
Goat (female, doe)	عَنْزٌ
Goat (female, doe)	عَنْزَةٌ
Goat (female, doe)	مِعْزَاْةٌ
Goat (female, doe)	مَاْعِزَةٌ
Goose	وَزَّةٌ
Goose	إِوَزَّةٌ
Gorilla	غُوْريلاًّ
Grasshopper	جَرَاْدَةٌ
Hamster	هَاْمسْترٌ
Hawk	صَقْرٌ
Hedgehog	قُنْفُذٌ
Hippocampus (sea horse)	فَرَسُ بَحْرٍ
Hippopotamus	فَرَسُ نَهْرٍ
Hog	خِنْزِيْرٌ
Horse (male, stallion)	حِصَاْنٌ
Horse (male, stallion)	فَرَسٌ
Horse (female, mare)	فَرَسٌ
Hyena	ضَبْعٌ
Ibex	وَعْلٌ
Jackal	اِبْنُ آوًىْ
Jellyfish	قِنْدِيْلُ بَحْرٍ
Kangaroo	كَنْغَاْرُوْ
Koala	كوَاْلاً
Lion (male)	أَسَدٌ
Lion (male)	سَبْعٌ
Lion (female, lioness)	لَبُؤَةٌ
Lion (female, lioness)	أَسَدَةٌ
Llama	لامًاْ
Louse	قَمْلَةٌ
Marten	سَمُّوْرٌ
Mole (male)	خُلْدٌ
Mole (female)	خُلْدَةٌ
Moose (male, buck)	أَيْلٌ
Moose (female, doe)	أَيْلَةٌ
Mosquito	بَعُوْضَةٌ
Mouse (male, buck)	فَأْرٌ
Mouse (female, doe)	فَأْرَةٌ
Mule (male, jack)	بَغْلٌ
Mule (female, jenny)	بَغْلَةٌ
Octopus	أُخْطُبُوْطٌ
Ostrich	نَعَاْمَةٌ
Owl	بُوْمَةٌ
Oyster	مَحَاْرٌ
Panda bear (male, boar)	دُبُّ بَاْنْدًاْ
Panda bear (female, sow)	دُبَّةُ بَاْنْدًاْ
Parrot	بَبَّغَاْءٌ
Peafowl	طَاْوُوْسٌ
Penguin	بِطْرِيْقٌ
Pig	خِنْزِيْرٌ
Pigeon / Dove	حَمَاْمَةٌ
Platypus	خُلْدُ مَاْءٍ
Rabbit / Hare	أَرْنَبٌ
Raccoon	رَاْكُوْنٌ
Rat	جُرَذٌ
Rhinoceros	وَحِيْدُ قَرْنٍ
Scorpion	عَقَرَبٌ
Sea star	نَجْمُ بَحْرٍ
Seagull	نَوْرَسٌ
Seal	فَقْمَةٌ
Shark	قِرْشٌ
Sheep	خَرُوْفٌ
	ضَأْنٌ
	كَبْشٌ
	شَاْةٌ
Skunk	ظَرْبَاْنٌ
Snail	حَلَزَوْنٌ
Snake	أَفْعًىْ
	حَيَّةٌ
	ثُعْبَاْنٌ
Spider (male)	عَنْكَبٌ
Spider (female)	عَنْكَبُوْتٌ
Squirrel (male, buck)	سِنْجَاْبٌ
Squirrel (female, doe)	سِنْجَاْبَةٌ
Swan	بَجَعَةٌ
Termite	أَرَضَةٌ
Termite	نَمْلَةٌ بَيْضَاْءُ
Tick	قُرَاْدُةٌ
Tiger (male)	نَمِرٌ
Tiger (female, tigress)	نَمِرَةٌ
Turkey	دِيْكٌ رُوْمِيٌّ
Turtle	سُلَحْفَاْةٌ
Vulture	نَسْرٌ
Wasp	زَنْبُوْرٌ
Wasp	دَبُّوْرٌ
Whale	حُوْتٌ
Wolf (male, dog)	ذِئْبٌ
Wolf (female, bitch)	ذِئْبَةٌ
Woodpecker (male)	نَقَّاْرُ خَشَبٍ
Woodpecker (female)	نَقَّاْرَةُ خَشَبٍ
Zebra	حِمَاْرُ وَحْشٍ

Note: any Arabic noun word (or adjective) is either a definite noun (has the definite article) or an indefinite noun (has the indefinite declension "Noonation"). Some definite nouns do not need to have the definite article (e.g. proper names). Some indefinite nouns cannot take the indefinite declension (the "forbidden to Noonation nouns"). Proper names (especially people's names) will usually take Noonation even though they are definite. Note that the declension of a noun (case sign + Noonation if required) is an essential part of the word that cannot be omitted in proper Arabic. Adding the right declension is obligatory at all times. However, they are frequently overlooked by many people who find them too difficult.