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Like Irish and Hebrew, An Yidiș has masculine and feminine genders. Hebrew words (usually) have the same gender as in Hebrew. There is no grammatical case. | Like Irish and Hebrew, An Yidiș has masculine and feminine genders. Hebrew words (usually) have the same gender as in Hebrew. There is no grammatical case. | ||
Plurals are more regular, marked with mostly ''- | Plurals are more regular, marked with mostly ''-ăn'', or less commonly umlaut of ''a o u'' to ''e e i''. | ||
Hebrew words often form plurals in unstressed ''-im'' /im/ or ''-es'' /əs/ but native Celtic words may use them too and not all Hebrew words use the Hebrew plural. | Hebrew words often form plurals in unstressed ''-im'' /im/ or ''-es'' /əs/ but native Celtic words may use them too and not all Hebrew words use the Hebrew plural. | ||
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*אַנט סוכּה ''ănt shucă'' = the booth | *אַנט סוכּה ''ănt shucă'' = the booth | ||
Plural nouns: '' | Plural nouns: ''năh-'' /nə(h)/ (the ''h'' is only pronounced before a vowel) | ||
*נאַהּ־טיש ''năh tîș'' = the houses | *נאַהּ־טיש ''năh tîș'' = the houses |
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