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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.
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