Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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===Derivation=== | ===Derivation=== | ||
*־ית ''-is'', pl. ־יות ''-iyăs'' or ־יתאן ''-isăn'' 'feminine occupational suffix'; today considered optional or dated for most occupations | *־ית ''-is'', pl. ־יות ''-iyăs'' or ־יתאן ''-isăn'' 'feminine occupational suffix'; today considered optional or dated for most occupations | ||
** not added to nouns in ''-ăch''; you'd use constructions like ''calăg Yidăch'' | ** not added to nouns in ''-ăch''; you'd use constructions like כּלהק ייִדאך ''calăg Yidăch'' | ||
*''-ăch'', ''-ith'': forms adjectives or "Gentilic nouns" | *''-ăch'', ''-ith'': forms adjectives or "Gentilic nouns" | ||
*''-i'', ''-im'': agentives, adjectives | *''-i'', ''-im'': agentives, adjectives | ||
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*''-ăg'' (f): diminutive | *''-ăg'' (f): diminutive | ||
*''-ăn'', ''-ónim'' (m): instrumental; diminutive; agentive (Hebrew influence) | *''-ăn'', ''-ónim'' (m): instrumental; diminutive; agentive (Hebrew influence) | ||
** ''amădăn, amădónim'' 'fool' (~ Irish ''amadán'') | ** אַמאטאן, אַמאטאָנים ''amădăn, amădónim'' 'fool' (~ Irish ''amadán'') | ||
*''-ăl'' (m): verbal noun | *''-ăl'' (m): verbal noun | ||
*''-il'': adjective | *''-il'': adjective | ||