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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. Case only survives vestigially: | Like Irish and Hebrew, An Yidiș has masculine and feminine genders. Hebrew words (usually) have the same gender as in Hebrew. Case only survives vestigially: | ||
* The genitive only survives in certain expressions and compounds. | * The genitive only survives in certain expressions and compounds. | ||
* The vocative survives only for ''Zie'' 'God': ''ă Zhey!'' /əˈjej/, or the fixed expression ''mă-Zhey!'' 'oh my God'. To call family members, forms such as ''mă-mhoŗ!'' 'my mother!' are used. | * The vocative survives only for ''Zie'' 'God': ''ă Zhey!'' /əˈjej/, or the fixed expression ''(oy) mă-Zhey!'' 'oh my God'. To call family members, forms such as ''mă-mhoŗ!'' 'my mother!' are used. | ||
Possession is indicated by the construction ''ăn X ăģ Y'' (lit. the X at Y), for example אן כּאַתּ אַז׳ מא־מֿאַכּ ''ăn cat ăģ mă-mhac'' = my son's cat. | Possession is indicated by the construction ''ăn X ăģ Y'' (lit. the X at Y), for example אן כּאַתּ אַז׳ מא־מֿאַכּ ''ăn cat ăģ mă-mhac'' = my son's cat. | ||