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Both nouns and adjectives inflect for definiteness, as follows: | Both nouns and adjectives inflect for definiteness, as follows: | ||
*Singular: -as (after C) or -su (after V) | *Singular: -as (after C) or -su (after V) | ||
*Plural: - | *Plural: -il (replacing the plural suffix ''-r'' if any) | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
*''hadr'' = a room | *''hadr'' = a room | ||
*''hadras'' = the room | *''hadras'' = the room | ||
*''hadrør'' = rooms | *''hadrør'' = rooms | ||
*'' | *''hadril'' = the rooms | ||
*''hadr grú'' = a big room | *''hadr grú'' = a big room | ||
*''hadras grulas'' = the big room (< ''hah-hadr hag-gâdhol haz-ze'') | *''hadras grulas'' = the big room (< ''hah-hadr hag-gâdhol haz-ze'') | ||
*''botr grulr'' = big houses | *''botr grulr'' = big houses | ||
*'' | *''botil grulil'' = the big houses | ||
There is no construct state, unlike in Biblical Hebrew. Genitives are expressed with concatenation: ''šem-mawkaz'' = the king's name. | There is no construct state, unlike in Biblical Hebrew. Genitives are expressed with concatenation: ''šem-mawkaz'' = the king's name. | ||