Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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* אן-עת-שא ''ănéșă'' 'now', from *inoisse, from OIr indossa). It's written like ''ăn eys șa'' 'this time' where עת ''eys'' 'time' is a Hebrew loan. | * אן-עת-שא ''ănéșă'' 'now', from *inoisse, from OIr indossa). It's written like ''ăn eys șa'' 'this time' where עת ''eys'' 'time' is a Hebrew loan. | ||
Another case of etymological spelling: The spelling of ייִדאך ''Yidăch'' 'Jew(ish)' was influenced by the Hebrew word יהודי 'ibid.'; the expected phonetic spelling would be ייִטאך. (It | Another case of etymological spelling: The spelling of ייִדאך ''Yidăch'' 'Jew(ish)' was influenced by the Hebrew word יהודי 'ibid.'; the expected phonetic spelling would be ייִטאך. (It actually came via Middle Irish ''*Iúdach''.) | ||
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