[Avodah] [Mesorah] Fwd: Chad Gadya

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 01:02:34PM +0000, Mandel, Seth wrote:
: 1) middayya and kokhvayya and dibbrayya are all MASCULINE in
: Aramaic. The singular is, like with all Aramaic masculine nouns, has
: the definite form midda, kokhva, dibb'ra; the final -a is the definite
: article.

Similar, "Shabbas haMalka" (ending in an alef) refers to a figurative
king, not queen. (Malkesa, OTOH...)

...
: Even when the word has an -- ot ending in Hebrew, the Aramiac often has
: the -- ayya (maculine) plural. In Hebrew we have a hag called Shavu'ot. In
: Aramaic, it is Shavu'ayya, not shavu'ata.

Well, "Atzeret", more often. <grin>

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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