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Nouns are declined in | Nouns are declined in number by adding the following ending to the base form of the noun: | ||
{|- | {|- | ||
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| style="width: 60px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 60px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| - || -nə | |||
|} | |} | ||
Some examples are shown below: | Some examples are shown below: bäb́ə, ''father'', and sohə, ''house''. | ||
{|- | {|- | ||
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| colspan="2" | <center>bäb́ə</center> || colspan="2" | <center>sohə</center> | |||
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| <center><small>'' | | style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | ||
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| | | bäb́ə || bäb́ənə || sohə || sohənə | ||
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Revision as of 04:46, 2 May 2025
Plural
Nouns are declined in number by adding the following ending to the base form of the noun:
| - | -nə |
Some examples are shown below: bäb́ə, father, and sohə, house.
| bäb́ə | bäb́ənə | sohə | sohənə |
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 change is o → u. 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.
dir. heňo → obl. heňure, ...
A small amount of nouns, conversely, display unpredictable irregularities, both vocalic and consonantal, in the noun root.
dir. beĺ → obl. bejre, ...
