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| <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || -xjɛ | | <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || -xjɛ | ||
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Some examples are shown below: | Some examples are shown below: vɛvju, ''father'', and hő, ''woman''. | ||
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| || colspan="2" | <center> | | || colspan="2" | <center>vɛvju</center> || colspan="2" | <center>hő</center> | ||
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| style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> | | style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''dual''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''dual''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | ||
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| <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || | | <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || vɛvju || vɛvjuhiw || vɛvjū || hő || hőhiw || hőw | ||
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| <center><small>''oblique''</small></center> || | | <center><small>''oblique''</small></center> || vɛvjurɛ || vɛvjuhiwrɛ || vɛvjūrɛ || hőrɛ || hőhiwrɛ || hőwrɛ | ||
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| <center><small>''oblique''</small></center> || vɛvjuxjɛ || vɛvjuhiwxjɛ || vɛvjūxjɛ || hőxjɛ || hőhiwxjɛ || hőwxjɛ | |||
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Revision as of 05:40, 2 May 2025
Noun declension
Nouns are declined in case and number by adding the following endings to the base form of the noun:
| - | |
| -rɛ | |
| -xjɛ |
Some examples are shown below: vɛvju, father, and hő, woman.
| vɛvju | vɛvjuhiw | vɛvjū | hő | hőhiw | hőw | |
| vɛvjurɛ | vɛvjuhiwrɛ | vɛvjūrɛ | hőrɛ | hőhiwrɛ | hőwrɛ | |
| vɛvjuxjɛ | vɛvjuhiwxjɛ | vɛvjūxjɛ | hőxjɛ | hőhiwxjɛ | hőwxjɛ | |
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, however, 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, ...
