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===Cases=== | ===Cases=== | ||
Foħθīrix nouns do decline, according to an ''nominative-accusative'' system with '''7 cases''': | |||
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| style="width: 110px;"| <center>''Case''</center> || <center>''Meaning''</center> | | style="width: 110px;"| <center>''Case''</center> || <center>''Meaning''</center> | ||
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| ''' | | '''Nominative''' || <small>This case marks the subject of a verb. It is regarded as the citation form of the noun.</small> | ||
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| ''' | | '''Accusative''' || <small>This case marks the direct object of a verb. It is also used with some preposition. It can also mark the subject (i.e. the patient) in a passive construction and with participles. It is regarded as the base form of the noun, and it is used as the vocative form.</small> | ||
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| '''Genitive''' || <small>This case marks possession and belonging, either intentional, unintentional, or indirect | | '''Genitive''' || <small>This case marks possession and belonging, either intentional, unintentional, or indirect.</small> | ||
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| '''Dative''' || <small>This case marks primarily the indirect object. | | '''Dative''' || <small>This case marks primarily the indirect object. It can also mark, to a limited extent, the final purpose of an action or a state.</small> | ||
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| '''Causative''' || <small>This case marks the reason or the cause, which are the source of an action or a state.</small> | | '''Causative''' || <small>This case marks the reason or the cause, which are the source of an action or a state.</small> | ||
Revision as of 05:23, 30 April 2025
Cases
Foħθīrix nouns do decline, according to an nominative-accusative system with 7 cases:
| Nominative | This case marks the subject of a verb. It is regarded as the citation form of the noun. |
| Accusative | This case marks the direct object of a verb. It is also used with some preposition. It can also mark the subject (i.e. the patient) in a passive construction and with participles. It is regarded as the base form of the noun, and it is used as the vocative form. |
| Genitive | This case marks possession and belonging, either intentional, unintentional, or indirect. |
| Dative | This case marks primarily the indirect object. It can also mark, to a limited extent, the final purpose of an action or a state. |
| Causative | This case marks the reason or the cause, which are the source of an action or a state. |
| Oblique | It has no specifical meaning and it is generally used only with prepositions. |
Other types of clause complements are conveyed using various prepositions, which can select one or more cases.
A class II noun, referring thus to an intrinsically inanimate entity, noun cannot generally be declined in the ergative case.
