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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:

direct	-
genitive	-rɛ
dative	-xjɛ

Some examples are shown below: vɛvju, father, and hő, woman.

	vɛvju		hő
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
direct	vɛvju	vɛvjuhiw	vɛvjū	hő	hőhiw	hőw
oblique	vɛvjurɛ	vɛvjuhiwrɛ	vɛvjūrɛ	hőrɛ	hőhiwrɛ	hőwrɛ
oblique	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, ...