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** The vocative particle אוי ''oy'' always lenites, however, unless the following noun is an inalienably possessed noun. (It's a contraction of the Hebrew particle ''oy'' + the Gaelic vocative particle *a (+lenition).) | ** The vocative particle אוי ''oy'' always lenites, however, unless the following noun is an inalienably possessed noun. (It's a contraction of the Hebrew particle ''oy'' + the Gaelic vocative particle *a (+lenition).) | ||
Possession is expressed with the construction ''ăn X | Possession is expressed with the construction ''ăn X tăģ Y'' (lit. the X of Y), for example אן כּאַתּ אַק׳ מא־מֿאַכּ ''ăn cat tăģ mă-mhac'' 'my son's cat'. The Irish- and Biblical Hebrew-like genitive construction ''X ăn Y'' is poetic; using the old genitive for Y in the latter construction is optional. | ||
Concatenation exists but is more derivational, analogous to compounding in English. In native head-initial concatenations, the second element of a compound is treated as an adjective for mutation purposes: | Concatenation exists but is more derivational, analogous to compounding in English. In native head-initial concatenations, the second element of a compound is treated as an adjective for mutation purposes: | ||