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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:
| - | -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 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, ...
