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Nouns ending in a consonant in their base form | Nouns ending in a consonant in their base form, except for nouns ending in the semiconsonant -j, usually add a euphonic vowel before the endings of the other cases. This vowel is generally -i-, but other vowels are also possible. | ||
<small>dir.</small> heǵ → <small>obl.</small> heǵire, ... | <small>dir.</small> heǵ → <small>obl.</small> heǵire, ... | ||
Revision as of 04:39, 2 May 2025
Noun declension
Nouns are declined in case and number by adding the following endings to the base form of the noun:
| - | -no | |
| -re | -nure |
Some examples are shown below: bevvo, father, and hɔgo, house.
| bevvo | bevvono | hɔgo | hɔgono | |
| bevvore | bevvonore | hɔgore | hɔgonore | |
Nouns ending in a consonant in their base form, except for nouns ending in the semiconsonant -j, usually add a euphonic vowel before the endings of the other cases. This vowel is generally -i-, but other vowels are also possible.
dir. heǵ → obl. heǵire, ...
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, ...
