Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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===Surnames=== | ===Surnames=== | ||
Elements that were oroginally patronymics: | Elements that were oroginally patronymics: | ||
*Gaelic: for men: מאַכּ/ניכּ חיים mac | *Gaelic: for men: מאַכּ/ניכּ חיים mac Chaym "son of Chaym". | ||
** The counterpart for unmarried women is nic | ** The counterpart for unmarried women is nic Chaym; a wife of a mac Chaym takes the surname מען מאַכּ חיים men mac Chaym. | ||
**''u'' (m) and ''ni'' +lenition (f) are not productive; typically names of pre-Ăn Yidiș Gaelic clans such as u Căyv (~ Ó Caoimh, O'Keeffe) | **''u'' (m) and ''ni'' +lenition (f) are not productive; typically names of pre-Ăn Yidiș Gaelic clans such as u Căyv (~ Ó Caoimh, O'Keeffe) | ||
*Semitic: בּן/בּר/בּת חיים, חיימי ben (m)/bar (m)/bas (f) Chaim, Chaimi | *Semitic: בּן/בּר/בּת חיים, חיימי ben (m)/bar (m)/bas (f) Chaim, Chaimi | ||
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Common surnames: | Common surnames: | ||
* Cuhăn | * Cuhăn | ||
* Leyvi | * Leyvi, mac Leyvi | ||
===Famous people=== | ===Famous people=== | ||