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Like Irish and Hebrew, An Yidiș has masculine and feminine genders. Hebrew words | Like Irish and Hebrew, An Yidiș has masculine and feminine genders. Hebrew words may not have the same gender as in Hebrew. Declension is simplified compared to Irish and Scottish Gaelic: | ||
* The nominative is used the most often, including as prepositional objects; the Old Irish accusative and prepositional cases are lost. | * The nominative is used the most often, including as prepositional objects; the Old Irish accusative and prepositional cases are lost. | ||
* The inherited genitive is only used to mark definite objects of verbs, similarly to Hebrew ''et'', and almost never possessors. The genitive is no longer productive in head-initial compounds. | * The inherited genitive is only used to mark definite objects of verbs, similarly to Hebrew ''et'', and almost never possessors. The genitive is no longer productive in head-initial compounds. | ||