Assertion: noun | /r/HasProperty | masculine
Facets:
value: in the singular
type: OTHER
value: grammatically
type: MANNER
value: regardless of
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: This is one of those areas where Spanish gets difficult because en Spanish almost every noun is either masculine or feminine regardless of whether it truly has a sex.
text: Nouns ending in -o are masculine, with the notable exception of the word mano ("hand") and a few words, which are reduced forms of longer words: foto ("photo") from fotografía, and moto ("motorcycle") from motocicleta; -a is typically feminine, with notable exceptions; other vowels and consonants are more often than not masculine, but many are feminine, particularly those referring to women (la madre) or ending in -ción/sión, -dad/tad, -ez (la nación, la televisión, la soledad, la libertad, la vejez).
text: In Arabic, the plural of a non-human noun (one that refers to an animal or to an inanimate entity regardless of whether the noun is grammatically masculine or feminine in the singular) is treated as feminine singular—this is called the inanimate plural.