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==== Declension ====
==== Declension ====
An Ăn Yidiș noun effectively has three principal parts: the singular indefinite form, the singular definite accusative form and the plural form.
An Ăn Yidiș noun effectively has three principal parts: the singular indefinite form, the singular definite accusative form and the plural form. In the definite accusative plural the noun itself is the same as the indefinite plural.
 
 
{| class="wikitable " style=" text-align: center;"
|+ Definite articles
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | State/case
! style="width: 100px;" | Masculine sg.
! style="width: 100px;" | Feminine sg.
!  style="width: 100px;" | Plural
|-
! Non-accusative
| (*) || (**) || ''nă h-''
|-
! Accusative
| (**) || nă h- || ''năn'' (''năm'' before ''b p m f v'')
|}
(*) See above on masculine non-accusative definite articles
 
(*&) See above on feminine non-accusative definite articles


A majority of nouns use -ă or zero for the genitive singular (the plural has to be memorized):
A majority of nouns use -ă or zero for the genitive singular (the plural has to be memorized):