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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