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From: bruck@actcom.co.il (Uri Bruck)
Subject: Re: Noun genders (was: Re: Is English a creole? (was: Indo-European Studies))
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Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 12:21:42 GMT
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Grzegorz Kondrak (kondrak@newshost) wrote:
: Glynis Baguley (gmb@natcorp.ox.ac.uk) wrote:

: : If you were anthromorphising the sun, would you see it as masculine
: : (Latin) or feminine (German)?

: Why not neuter? 'sun' is neuter in Russian.

: GK

In Hebrew nouns have genders. 
Sun,wind, moon and similar ones are androgenous, they can be reffered to as 
either masculine or feminine.
Sun and Moon have both feminine and masculine sounding names, either name 
can be used as a nout as either gender.
Sky and Sea both have the plural form, with no singular word to match.
Uri

