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  2. Surname inflection - Wikipedia

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    On the contrary, it rarely deviates from the feminine form of the surname to the masculine, e.g. when a person changes gender to masculine or during marriage the groom takes the bride's surname or for the son of an unmarried mother. Then the masculine form is used, commonly understood as basic, uninflected.

  3. Grammatical gender - Wikipedia

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    Masculine nouns which form their plural by palatalization of their final consonant can change gender in their plural form, as a palatalized final consonant is often a marker of a feminine noun, e.g. balach beag ("small boy"), but balaich bheaga ("small boys"), with the adjective showing agreement for both feminine gender (lenition of initial ...

  4. Gender in English - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] One element of this process was the change in the functions of the words the and that (then spelt þe and þat; see also Old English determiners): previously these had been non-neuter and neuter forms respectively of a single determiner, but in this period the came to be used generally as a definite article and that as a demonstrative ...

  5. Masculinity - Wikipedia

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    Masculine performance varies over the life course, but also from one context to another. For instance, the sports world may elicit more traditionally normative masculinities in participants than would other settings. [59] Men who exhibit a tough and aggressive masculinity on the sports field may display a softer masculinity in familial contexts.

  6. Name change - Wikipedia

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    Name change is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name. The procedures and ease of a name change vary between jurisdictions. In general, common law jurisdictions have looser procedures for a name change while civil law jurisdictions are more restrictive. While some civil law jurisdictions have loosened ...

  7. Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender

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    Job titles have a masculine and a feminine version in Russian, though in most cases the feminine version is only used in colloquial speech. The masculine form is typically treated as "unmarked", i.e. it does not necessarily imply that the person is male, while the feminine form is "marked" and can only be used when referring to a woman. In some ...