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===Verbs for "to wear"=== | ===Verbs for "to wear"=== | ||
==Poetic Netagin== | ==Poetic Netagin== | ||
Netagin poetry uses Hebrew piyyut meters. Poetic Netagin is a separate register from prose Netagin, and has the following characteristics: | Netagin poetry uses Hebrew piyyut meters. For example, the marnin meter is SLLLSLLL, where S must be an open syllable with a reduced vowel (either a propretonic ''a'' /ə/ or an ''y'' /ɨ/) and L is any heavy syllable (i.e. having a non-reduced vowel). Poetic Netagin is a separate register from prose Netagin, and has the following characteristics: | ||
*Vowel reductions that don't occur in prose Netagin may be used for metrical purposes. (think "ne3im shimkhem") | *Vowel reductions that don't occur in prose Netagin may be used for metrical purposes. (think "ne3im shimkhem") | ||
*Determiners omitted | *Determiners omitted | ||