Editing Shilha language (section)

==== Uninflected nouns ====
This is the least common type, which also includes some loans. Examples:
:{{Lang|shi-latn|dikkuk}} "cuckoo"
:{{Lang|shi-latn|fad}} "thirst"
:{{Lang|shi-latn|gmz}} "thumb"
:{{Lang|shi-latn|kḍran}} "tar" (from Arabic)
:{{Lang|shi-latn|lagar}} "station" (from French)
:{{Lang|shi-latn|mllɣ}} "index finger"
:{{Lang|shi-latn|sksu}} "couscous"
:{{Lang|shi-latn|wiẓugn}} "cricket"
:{{Lang|shi-latn|xizzu}} "carrots"

It is probable that all uninflected nouns were originally masculine. The few that now take feminine agreement contain elements that have been reanalyzed as marking feminine gender, for example {{Lang|shi-latn|ttjdmnni}} "kind of spider" (initial {{Lang|shi-latn|t}} seen as feminine prefix), {{Lang|shi-latn|hlima}} "bat" (not an Arabic loanword, but final {{Lang|shi-latn|a}} analyzed as the Arabic feminine ending).

Many uninflected nouns are collectives or non-count nouns which do not have a separate plural form. Those that have a plural make it by preposing the pluralizer {{Lang|shi-latn|id}}, for example {{Lang|shi-latn|id lagar}} "stations".

The uninflected noun {{Lang|shi-latn|mddn}} or {{Lang|shi-latn|middn}} "people, humans" is morphologically masculine singular but takes masculine plural agreement.

Names of people and foreign place-names can be seen as a subtype of uninflected nouns, for example {{Lang|shi-latn|Musa}} (man's name), {{Lang|shi-latn|Muna}} (woman's name), {{Lang|shi-latn|Fas}} "Fès", {{Lang|shi-latn|Brdqqiz}} "Portugal". Gender is not transparently marked on these names, but those referring to humans take gender agreement according to the natural sex of the referent (male/masculine, female/feminine).