Contionary:maihadhūt: Difference between revisions
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This word has no singular (hypothetically *maihadhūs), and is only used in its dual (''maihadhūt'') and plural (''maihadhaus'') forms. In order to refer to a single parent, either ''meinā'' (mother) or ''bunā'' (father) are used, or, more formally, the construction ''maihadobhan emibe'' (one of the parents — ''maihadobhan'' being the syncretic exessive/ablative dual form). | This word has no singular (hypothetically *maihadhūs), and is only used in its dual (''maihadhūt'') and plural (''maihadhaus'') forms. In order to refer to a single parent, either ''meinā'' (mother) or ''bunā'' (father) are used, or, more formally, the construction ''maihadobhan emibe'' (one of the parents — ''maihadobhan'' being the syncretic exessive/ablative dual form). | ||