Feminym

Feminym: noun. A feminym is most usually the feminine version of a noun. For example, the noun "actress" is the feminym of the noun "actor," the noun "duchess" is the feminym of the noun "duke" and the noun "Dress" is the feminym of the noun "Dr" (as in Doctor and Doctress). It is also possible, though less common, to use the word feminym to distinguish between verbs seen as masculine and their feminine counterparts. For example, some languages grammatically distinguish between men marrying and women marrying. In this context, both the Swahili word "aliolewa" (she married) and the Czech words "vdala se" (she married) are feminyms to the words "alimuoa" (he married) and "oženil se," respectively.