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I'm new to glossing with the Leipzig rules. In Hebrew, one can attach possessive suffixes to nouns, as in:
sūsām
sūs-Ø-ām
horse-m.sg-m.3pl
"their horse"
I'm afraid this can get confusing when the glosses for the gender/number suffix and the possessive suffix are the same:
sūsō
sūs-Ø-ō
horse-m.sg-m.3sg
"his horse"
How can I indicate which is the possessive suffix? Is this what the poss(essive) abbreviation is for, i.e., should I use horse-m.sg-poss.m.3sg?
You're exactly right that that is what the POSS (possessive) abbreviation is for. Have a look at example (21) given under Rule 5A in the version of the Leipzig Glossing Rules you link to:
Belhare
ne-ea-khim-chin-yuNNa
DEM-LOC1SG.POSS-house-PL3NSG-be.NPST
DEM-LOC1sPOSS-house-PL3ns-be.NPST
'Here are my houses.'
Note, however, the order is 1SG.POSS rather than POSS.1SG in this case.
