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The Honorific vocatives forms originated from the age-based social hierarchy in traditional societies, but in urban societies have been re-appropriated; for example, forms originally used for older individuals are now used to de-escalate conflict between an employee and their employer, an individual interacting with law enforcement, etc. The honorific used | The Honorific vocatives forms originated from the age-based social hierarchy in traditional societies, but in urban societies have been re-appropriated; for example, forms originally used for older individuals are now used to de-escalate conflict between an employee and their employer, an individual interacting with law enforcement, etc. The honorific used depends on social and situational context. | ||
The honorifics most often used are ''behet'', used to address elders, ''innāt(u)'' (for males), and ''šūri'' (for females), both of which are used by older people to address young adults outside their social groups. These may be joined to their head nouns in a ''min'' construction, e.g. ''<u>Innātu min</u> Kawwat/<u>Innātu'''m'''</u> Kawwat'' (no exact English equivalent, often translated as "My fine young man.."), or as clitics, ''=behet'' and ''=(i)nnāt(u)''. The clitic ''=behet'' often does not trigger morphophonemic alternations, e.g. ''Urya'''<u>tb</u>'''ehet'' "Madame Uryat" (as opposed to expected ''Urya<u>'''pt'''</u>ehet''). | The honorifics most often used are ''behet'', used to address elders, ''innāt(u)'' (for males), and ''šūri'' (for females), both of which are used by older people to address young adults outside their social groups. These may be joined to their head nouns in a ''min'' construction, e.g. ''<u>Innātu min</u> Kawwat/<u>Innātu'''m'''</u> Kawwat'' (no exact English equivalent, often translated as "My fine young man.."), or as clitics, ''=behet'' and ''=(i)nnāt(u)''. The clitic ''=behet'' often does not trigger morphophonemic alternations, e.g. ''Urya'''<u>tb</u>'''ehet'' "Madame Uryat" (as opposed to expected ''Urya<u>'''pt'''</u>ehet''). | ||