Gender of nouns
Egyptian nouns distinguish two genders: masculine and feminine.
a) Masculine nouns are either substantive or derivative nouns:
i) Substantive nouns are words typically used to refer to people, objects, living organisms and the like.
ii) Derivative nouns are those words derived from verbs, infinitive, participle, and adjective.
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To follow
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Sms
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𓌞𓋴𓂻
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Follower
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Smsw
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𓌞𓋴𓍢𓂻𓀀
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To say
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Dd
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𓆓𓂧
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Speaker
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Dddy
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𓆓𓂧𓂧𓏭
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To be great
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wr
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𓅨𓂋
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Great
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wr (w)
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𓅨𓂋𓀀
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b) Feminine nouns are also either substantive or derivative nouns and they almost always end in t
Substantive nouns
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horizon
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Axt
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𓈌𓏏𓏤
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woman
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st
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𓊃𓏏𓁐
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Derivative nouns
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To beautify
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nfr
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𓄤𓆑𓂋
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Beautiful (f.)
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nfrt
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𓄤𓆑𓂋𓏏𓁐
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Some nouns end with 
but they are not feminine, as thetis part of the stem or the construction of the word.
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statue
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twt
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𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾
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tree
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xt
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𓆱𓏏𓏤
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In most cases the feminine noun is by adding theto the masculine noun, and change the determinative.
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Daughter
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sAt
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𓅭𓏏𓁐
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Son
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sA
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𓅭𓏤𓀀
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Goddess
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nTrt
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𓊹𓂋𓏏𓆗
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God
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nTr
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𓊹𓏤
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Sister
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snt
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𓌢𓈖𓏏𓁐
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Brother
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sn
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𓌢𓈖𓀀
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