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The definite article was ''ʔaC-'' (from Biblical Hebrew ''*haC-''). It caused gemination of the following consonant; if the following consonant was a guttural and thus could not geminate, it was lengthened to ''ʔā-''. | The definite article was ''ʔaC-'' (from Biblical Hebrew ''*haC-''). It caused gemination of the following consonant; if the following consonant was a guttural and thus could not geminate, it was lengthened to ''ʔā-''. | ||
The Biblical feminine singular ending ''*-ā́'' became unstressed ''-a'', and the stress in feminine singular nouns in ''-a'' shifted to penultimate (by analogy with masculine singular adjectives and 3fs perfect verbs). | The Biblical feminine singular ending ''*-ā́'' became unstressed ''-a'', and the stress in feminine singular nouns in ''-a'' shifted to penultimate (by analogy with masculine singular adjectives and 3fs perfect verbs). The feminine plural ending was ''-oð'', from Biblical Hebrew ''*-ōt''. | ||
The construct state was not as "hard" as Tiberian Hebrew. | The construct state was not as "hard" as Tiberian Hebrew. | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
The prefix ''ró-'' 'very, extreme(ly), great(ly)' was borrowed from Celtic (Proto-Celtic ''*ɸro-''). At first only adjectives could take this prefix, but later it was used on nouns. | The prefix ''ró-'' 'very, extreme(ly), great(ly)' was borrowed from Celtic (Proto-Celtic ''*ɸro-''). At first only adjectives could take this prefix, but later it was used on nouns. | ||