Nouns

Gallifreyan nouns generally do not have genders. This includes the few nouns that in English, do have gendered variations, such as man/woman/adult and boy/girl/child.

Gallifreyans can refer to people as men or women, or even as either nonbinary or intersex, but the words to do this refer literally to the features of the body. Shobogans, who lack the regenerative capabilities of Time Lords, are more likely to refer to each other in this way. There is no official way to refer to a child as a boy or a girl, although either suffixing man/woman with 'či' or child with 'ǔ' or 'a' (or ī, for a nonbinary child) would suffice.

Nouns can be suffixed or prefixed. Suffixing refers to a quality of one object. Adding the plural suffix (du) can either indicate multiple of the exact same object (for instance, two versions of the same pen at different points in its timeline), or, in reference to body parts, multiple of a person's body parts (for instance, someone's two hearts or three brainstems).