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Noun declension

Nouns are declined for number by changing the last vowel of the noun root. The commonest change is the lengthening of the final vowel:

a → ā

e → ē

i → ī

o → ō

u → ū

If the last vowel of the noun root is already long in the singular, it undergoes a changing in height:

ā → ē

ē → ī

ī → ī

ō → ū

ū → ū

As it can be noticed, nouns whose root ends in -ī and -ū do not distinguish any different plural forms.

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

nominative	-x
accusative	-
genitive	-fu
dative	-šu
ablative	-ho
instrumental	-ma
locative	-va

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

	rome		döme
	singular	plural	singular	plural
ergative	romek	romik
absolutive	rome	romi	döme	dömi
genitive	romeħ	romiħ	dömeħ	dömiħ
dative	romeɕ	romiɕ	dömeɕ	dömiɕ
causative	romen	romin	dömen	dömin
oblique	romema	romima	dömema	dömima

As for the rules, the endings for the ergative case cannot be added to a class II noun.