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> There are three grammatical genders, but only two of them are used for sentient beings, to talk about someone in the neutral gender is derogatory af What abo
by jhgb 5y ago
> There are three grammatical genders, but only two of them are used for sentient beings, to talk about someone in the neutral gender is derogatory af
What about дитя? Isn't that a neuter in Russian? I know the equivalent "dítě" is a neuter in Czech. (For obvious reasons this is why the neuter is not being used in Czech either for referring to adult people -- it's completely infantilizing.)
- grishka 5y agoIt's kinda archaic. All words normally used for small kids (ребёнок, младенец) are masculine.