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===Nominals=== | ===Nominals=== | ||
Nouns had: | Nouns and adjectives had: | ||
* two genders: animate, inanimate. | * two genders: animate, inanimate. | ||
** There were also honorific forms which worked like a gender somewhat. The honorific turns into a feminine in [[Talmic languages|Talmic]], meanwhile animate and inanimate become masculine and neuter. | ** There were also honorific forms which worked like a gender somewhat. The honorific turns into a feminine in [[Talmic languages|Talmic]], meanwhile animate and inanimate become masculine and neuter. | ||
* two states: absolute and construct. | * two states: absolute and construct. | ||
* three cases: | * three cases: nominative, accusative, and genitive. | ||
* two numbers: singular and plural. There was also a third number, the collective, formed by reduplication of the first syllable. | * two numbers: singular and plural. There was also a third number, the collective, formed by reduplication of the first syllable. | ||