girl

«girl» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a female child or a young woman — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (girl, girls)

meaning for a pupil

A girl is a female child or a young woman. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Joel and Zechariah mention girls in scenes of war and peace. Zechariah pictures a restored Jerusalem with children playing safely in the streets, a sign of peace. In the primary lessons: people counted in a class or group, often next to boys; girls + boys = children; phrases: «a little girl», «girls and boys», «schoolgirl», «the girls' team»

examples

• And the broad places of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the broad places thereof. (Prophets ZEC.8.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk. (Prophets JOL.4.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• There are 16 girls and 14 boys in the class. tree →
• Each girl brought 2 pencils. tree →
• How many more girls than boys? tree →
• The girls sold 40 tickets. tree →
• The girl in the red coat is my cousin. tree →
• My aunt has two girls and a boy. tree →
• The girls' team won the relay. tree →
• When Gran was a girl, there were no phones. tree →
• The little girl was called Karen. tree →

note

Plural: girls. Possessive: girl's (one girl), girls' (many girls). A thing counted. Girls + boys = children. Trap: «how many more girls than boys» is a difference.

In the corpora

• And the broad places of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the broad places thereof.
• Bridesmaids are friends or relatives who help the bride and walk with her, and children can be flower girls or page boys.
• She whispers to her mum that the girls watched a scary film and she lay awake till three, listening to every creak.
• A bot has no body, so it is neither a boy nor a girl; a name and voice are design choices.
• Warmer sand gives more girl hatchlings and cooler sand more boys, and bright beach lights can lead hatchlings the wrong way.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «girl» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.