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<small>bas.</small> vær‘ → <small>dir.</small> vær‘il‘, <small>obl.</small> vær‘iha, ... | <small>bas.</small> vær‘ → <small>dir.</small> vær‘il‘, <small>obl.</small> vær‘iha, ... | ||
Some irregular nouns, conversely, change their last vowel in the root before adding other endings. The commonest changes are | Some irregular nouns, conversely, change their last vowel in the root before adding other endings. The commonest changes are u → o, or i → e. A lot of these nouns display both irregular and regular forms, especially in earlier texts. In modern texts the amount of irregular forms is extremely limited, with a strong tendency towards regularization by analogy. | ||
<small>bas.</small> | <small>bas.</small> sænu → <small>dir.</small> sænol‘, <small>obl.</small> sænoha, ... | ||
<small>bas.</small> | <small>bas.</small> voɸi → <small>dir.</small> voɸel‘, <small>obl.</small> voɸeha, ... | ||
Revision as of 10:02, 30 April 2025
Noun declension
Nouns are declined in case and number by adding the following endings to the base form of the noun:
| - | -nu | |
| -l‘ | -nol‘ | |
| -ha | -noha |
Some examples are shown below: paɸu, father, and sowgu, house.
| paɸu | paɸunu | sowgu | sowgunu | |
| paɸul‘ | paɸunol‘ | sowgul‘ | sowgunol‘ | |
| paɸuha | paɸunoha | sowguha | sowgunoha | |
Nouns ending in a consonant in the singular direct case usually add a euphonic vowel before the endings of the other cases. This vowel is generally -i-, but other vowels are also possible.
bas. vær‘ → dir. vær‘il‘, obl. vær‘iha, ...
Some irregular nouns, conversely, change their last vowel in the root before adding other endings. The commonest changes are u → o, or i → e. A lot of these nouns display both irregular and regular forms, especially in earlier texts. In modern texts the amount of irregular forms is extremely limited, with a strong tendency towards regularization by analogy.
bas. sænu → dir. sænol‘, obl. sænoha, ... bas. voɸi → dir. voɸel‘, obl. voɸeha, ...
