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:ref:`Masculine<gender_masculine>` singular nouns have no special endings.
:ref:`Feminine<gender_feminine>` singular nouns usually end in either ־ָה or ־ֶת.
:ref:`Feminine<gender_feminine>` singular nouns usually end in either ־ָה or ־ַת.
.. csv-table:: Singular Noun Paradigm
Parsing,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
masculine singular absolute,סוּס,sus,stallion
masculine singular construct,סוּס,sus,stallion of
feminine singular absolute,סוּסָה,susah,mare
feminine singular construct,סוּסַת,susat,mare of
.. csv-table:: Singular Adjective Paradigm
.. csv-table:: Singular Paradigm for Nouns and Adjectives
:header-rows: 1
Parsing,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
masculine singular absolute,טוֹב,tov,good
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kinds of changes that signal a singular form for :ref:`verbs<verb>`, independent :ref:`personal pronouns<pronoun_personal>`,
and :ref:`pronominal suffixes<suffix_pronominal>`.
.. csv-table:: Qal Suffix Conjugation Singular Forms
.. csv-table:: Pe'al Perfect Singular Forms
:header-rows: 1
Parsing,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
common singular first person,קָטַלְתִּי,qatalti,I killed
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third person feminine singular,תִּקְטֹל,tiqtol,she will kill
.. csv-table:: Independent Personal Pronoun Singular Forms
:header-rows: 1
Parsing,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
second person masculine singular,אַתָּה,'attah,you
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third person masculine singular,הוּא,hu,he / it
third person feminine singular,הִיא / הִוא,hi / hiw,she / it
.. csv-table:: Direct Object Marker with Pronominal Suffix Singular Forms
Parsing,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
second person masculine singular,אֹתְךָ,'othekha,you
second person feminine singular,אֹתָךְ,'othakh,you
third person masculine singular,אֹתוֹ,'otho,him / it
third person feminine singular,אֹתָהּ,'othah,her / it
.. csv-table:: Pronominal Suffix Singular Forms
:header-rows: 1
Parsing,Aramaic,Transliteration,Gloss
second person masculine singular,לְךָ / - ְךָ,lekha / -ekha,(to) you
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Examples
--------
:ref:`Nouns<noun>` marked as singular
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. _number_singular-common:
Common Singular
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:ref:`Proper names<noun_proper_name>` are always singular, but can be either common singular or
:ref:`collective singular<number_singular-collective>`.
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Collective Singular
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sometimes a singular noun can refer to an entire kind of item rather than an individual entity. For example, the noun עַם
"(people") is singular and refers to an entire group of people as a single unit.
With some nouns, the singular form can be used as either a :ref:`common singular<number_singular-common>` or a collective
singular. For example, the noun עוֹף֙ can mean "bird" or "birds".
:ref:`Adjectives<adjective>` marked as singular
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An adjective (also :ref:`active<participle_active-adjectival>` and :ref:`passive<participle_passive-adjectival>` adjectival
participles) in singular form describes a singular noun (either :ref:`common<number_singular-common>` or
:ref:`collective<number_singular-collective>`).
:ref:`Verbs<verb>` marked as singular
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A :ref:`finite verb<verb-finite>` (and/or :ref:`verbal participle<participle_active-verbal>`) in singular form
indicates that the subject of the verb is singular (either :ref:`common<number_singular-common>` or
:ref:`collective<number_singular-collective>`).
Participles marked as singular
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Generally, all :ref:`nominal<participle_active-nominal>` and :ref:`adjectival<participle_active-adjectival>`
participles in plural form use the :ref:`common<number_singular-common>` singular. A :ref:`verbal participle<participle_active-verbal>`
in plural form indicates that the subject of the participle is plural.
:ref:`Personal pronouns<pronoun_personal>` and :ref:`pronominal suffixes<suffix_pronominal>` marked as singular
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~