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* Nouns beginning with a lenitable consonant (except ''d'', ''z'', ''t'' and ''ț'') lenite, and the following rule is applied to the lenited form:
* Nouns beginning with a lenitable consonant (except ''d'', ''z'', ''t'' and ''ț'') lenite, and the following rule is applied to the lenited form:
** א ''ă'' before historical liquids, and non-sibilant fricatives (/j/ doesn't count as a fricative):  א מֿענשיל ''ă mhenșil'' = the wife, א פֿר'עקארץ ''ă fhșegărț'' = the answer
** א ''ă'' before historical liquids, and non-sibilant fricatives (/j/ doesn't count as a fricative):  א מֿענשיל ''ă mhenșil'' = the wife, א פֿר'עקארץ ''ă fhșegărț'' = the answer
** אן ''ăn'' otherwise: אן זֿשעלֿאך ''ăn ģhełăch'' = the moon, אן אות ''ăn us'' = the letter (character)
** אן ''ăn'' otherwise: אן צֿשעלֿאך ''ăn ģhełăch'' = the moon, אן אות ''ăn us'' = the letter (character)
* Feminine nouns beginning in ''d z t ț'' don't lenite: אן תּוֹרה ''ăn Tură'' 'the Torah'.  
* Feminine nouns beginning in ''d z t ț'' don't lenite: אן תּוֹרה ''ăn Tură'' 'the Torah'.  
** Note: Nouns that were feminine in Old Irish and began with ''s-'' have all become t-/ț- words in Proto-Ăn Yidiș, except ''s(stop)-'' and ''sm-'' words (since those didn't lenite), pluralia tantum and obvious derivations from other ''s''-words: אן תּאַווין׳ ''ăn Taviņ'' '(poetic) November' (from ''an tSamhain''). Newer words such as Hebrew loans are not subject to this.
** Note: Nouns that were feminine in Old Irish and began with ''s-'' have all become t-/ț- words in Proto-Ăn Yidiș, except ''s(stop)-'' and ''sm-'' words (since those didn't lenite), pluralia tantum and obvious derivations from other ''s''-words: אן תּאַווין׳ ''ăn Taviņ'' '(poetic) November' (from ''an tSamhain''). Newer words such as Hebrew loans are not subject to this.
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