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| Alkeides Senior Member Bhutan Joined 6152 days ago 636 posts - 644 votes  | Message 9 of 27 09 January 2009 at 2:41am | IP Logged | |||||
Rather, the word was the source for the goddess's name, the same for Thanatos (θάνατος) , Eros and many others. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5813 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 10 of 27 09 January 2009 at 4:44am | IP Logged | |||||
Actually "hund" in Swedish is of common gender. The swedish common gender is grown out the fusion of masculine and feminine Edited by MäcØSŸ on 09 January 2009 at 4:45am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6015 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 11 of 27 09 January 2009 at 6:25am | IP Logged | |||||
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"Night" in Gaelic is feminine -- "oidhche" (hence "oidhche mhath" -- feminine nouns slenderise adjectives used attributively).
Similraly it's feminine in Welsh and Irish, so the Cetlic family agrees. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7160 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 12 of 27 09 January 2009 at 9:45am | IP Logged | |||||
But are there cognates in Gaelic of "night" etc. that are feminine? I have found the Welsh cognate "nos" for "night" which is feminine. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Lindsay19 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5825 days ago 183 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC1 Studies: Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic | Message 13 of 27 09 January 2009 at 12:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
Well gee, don't I feel dumb :P Thank you for correcting me! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5859 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 14 of 27 12 January 2009 at 1:42pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The gender of nouns depends on each individual language and there is no "standard" gender even for the closely related languages.
Here is an interesting one: In French, all the names of planets are of female gender, whereas in Spanish and in Italian, the gender of the name of planets depends on whether it ends in a "a", "o" or a constant. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| The Side Effect Newbie United States Joined 5822 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 15 of 27 12 January 2009 at 1:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thank God gender in Arabic is so simple.
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7160 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 16 of 27 12 January 2009 at 2:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
Have you seen the principles by which Slavonic languages determine gender? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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