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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:

	1st class			2nd class
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
agentive	-liw	-hiwliw	-nuliw
passive	-	-hiw	-nu	-	-hiw	-nu
ablative	-šu	-hiwšu	-nušu	-šu	-hiwšu	-nušu
genitive	-rɛ	-hiwrɛ	-nurɛ
dative	-xjɛ	-hiwxjɛ	-nuxjɛ	-xjɛ	-hiwxjɛ	-nuxjɛ
causative	-ku	-hiwku	-nuku	-ku	-hiwku	-nuku
instrumental1				-kjɛ1	-hiwkjɛ1	-nukjɛ1

¹ These forms are deemed as obsolete and rapidly vanishing from current usage.

Some examples are shown below: a class I noun, bɛbju, father, and a class II noun, sōgu, house.

	bɛbju			sōgu
	singular	dual	plural		singular	dual	plural
agentive	bɛbjuliw	bɛbjuhiwliw	bɛbjunuliw
passive	bɛbju	bɛbjuhiw	bɛbjunu	sōgu	sōguhiw	sōgunu
ablative	bɛbjušu	bɛbjuhiwšu	bɛbjunušu	sōgušu	sōguhiwšu	sōgunušu
genitive	bɛbjurɛ	bɛbjuhiwrɛ	bɛbjunurɛ
dative	bɛbjuxjɛ	bɛbjuhiwxjɛ	bɛbjunuxjɛ	sōguxjɛ	sōguhiwxjɛ	sōgunuxjɛ
causative	bɛbjuku	bɛbjuhiwku	bɛbjunuku	sōguku	sōguhiwku	sōgunuku
instrumental1				sōgukjɛ1	sōguhiwkjɛ1	sōgunukjɛ1

¹ These forms are deemed as obsolete and rapidly vanishing from current usage.

As for the rules, the endings for the secondary oblique cases cannot be added to a 1^st class noun, while the endings for the primary main cases cannot be added to a 2^st class noun.