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Noun declension

Nouns are declined in case and number by adding the following endings to the base form of the noun:

	singular	plural
basic	-	-nu
direct	-l‘	-nol‘
oblique	-ha	-noha

Some examples are shown below: paɸu, father, and sowgu, house.

	paɸu		sowgu
	singular	plural	singular	plural
basic	paɸu	paɸunu	sowgu	sowgunu
direct	paɸul‘	paɸunol‘	sowgul‘	sowgunol‘
oblique	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 e → a, or ə → o. A lot of these nouns display both irregular and regular forms, especially in earlier texts. In modern texts the amount of irregular forms is increasingly limited.

bas. soβe → obl. soβere or soβare, ...
bas. sanə → obl. sanəre or sanore, ...