leave (from work), holidays
The article is part of the word: le ferie. That way you learn the gender with it.
On the card “leave (from work)”, ripiti also accepts il permesso. Not the other way round: for il permesso, le ferie is not accepted.
Remember le ferie for good. ripiti brings the word back just before you forget it, with these sentences. Free, no account needed, works offline.
practise le ferie in ripiti