Re: Restored Egyptian - nouns

On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Terrence Donnelly wrote:

> Here is the noun morphology of Restored Egyptian (RE):
>
> Nouns are formed from roots, and can have one, two or more
> syllables, although 2 syllables is most common. Syllables can
> be VC, CV and CVC.
>
> RE nouns come in two genders, masculine and feminine, and three
> numbers, singular, plural and dual.
>
> Masculine nouns are formed from roots using one of several
> patterns.  While the patterns are regular, there is no way to
> predict beforehand which pattern a root will use.
>
> [snip]
These patterns remind me of the broken plurals found in Arabic; was
this also a feature of "real" Egyptian?

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga
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