Editing Punic language (section)

=== Nouns ===
Nouns, including adjectives, in Punic and Neo-Punic can be of two genders (masculine or feminine), three numbers (singular, dual, or plural), and in two 'states', the absolute state or the so-called construct state. A word in the construct state has a close relation with the word that follows, a relation that is often translated by "of". For example, in the combination "sons of Hanno", "sons of" would be in the construct state, while "Hanno" would be in the absolute state.

Morphology:
{| class="wikitable"
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!  !!  !! masculine !! (example) !! feminine !! colspan="2" | (examples)
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| rowspan="2" | Singular || absolute state || rowspan="2" align="center" | -Ø || '' '''BN''' (bin)'', 'son' || rowspan="2" align="center" | '' '''-T, -’T ''' (-ot, -ut, -īt)'' || '' '''BT''' (bit)'', 'daughter' ||
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| construct state || '' '''BN''' (bin)'', 'son of' || '' '''BT, B‘T''' (bit)'', 'daughter of' ||
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| rowspan="2" | Dual || absolute state || align="center" | '' '''-M''' (-ēm)'' || align="center" |   || align="center" | '' '''-M''' (-ēm)'' || || [''YD'', 'hand':] '' '''YDM''' (yadēm)'', 'two hands' 
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| construct state || align="center" | -Ø ''(-ē)'' ||  || align="center" | -Ø ''(-ē)'' || || [''‘YN, ‘N'', 'eye':] '' '''‘N''' (‘ēnē)'', '[two] eyes of'
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| rowspan="2" | Plural || absolute state || align="center" | '' '''-M, -’M, -YM''' (-īm, -ēm)'' || '' '''BNM''' (banīm)'', 'sons' || rowspan="2" align="center" | '' '''-T, -’T''' (-ūt)'' || '' '''BNT''' (banūt)'', 'daughters' ||
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| construct state || align="center" | -Ø ''(-ē)'' || '' '''BN’''' (b<sup>e</sup>nē)'', 'sons of' || '' '''BNT''' (banūt)'', 'daughters of' ||
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