Aol/Nouns

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Gender

Gender in Aol pertains to how nouns are declined and gender agreement for articles. Gender of a noun is defined by the vowel of the final syllable.

Neuter Feminine Masculine
i, y, o e a, u

Root Form

The definition of the Aol "root form" is the nominative singular form.

Plural Forms

Regular Plurals

Regular plural formation is used for the majority of words in Aol and is used for all words who have multiple syllables in their root form. The -c suffix is used for nouns ending in vowels and the -Vc suffix is used for nouns ending in consonants. For the -Vc suffix, the vowel depends on the gender of the noun.

-Vc Vowels:

  • Feminine "y, e"
  • Masculine "a"

Examples:
fjag "animal" > fjagec "animals"
aryn "star" > arynyc "stars"
anad "gift" > anadac "gifts"
aga "eye" > agac "eyes"
esk "cube" > eskyc "cubes"

Ablaut Plurals

Ablaut plurals are a much smaller subset of nouns. All ablaut plurals have a single syllable in their root form but not all single syllable root nouns are ablaut plurals.

  • o > e
  • a > y
  • e > ei, ai

Examples:
sar "island" > syr "islands"
ðeg "book" > ðeig "books"
ghoþ "scripture" > gheþ "scriptures"
kek "place" > kaik "places"

Article Agreement
Note that the gender of the plural form is the same as the root form.

Mass Plurals

Mass plurals are formed by adding the -fen suffix to the root form of the noun.

Examples:
vadas "body of water" -> vadasfen "waters"
del "wind gust" -> delfen "wind"

Pronouns

Pronouns
Person Neuter Common
First Person jan jana
Second Person gas gasa
Third Person eða

Cases

Basic Cases

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Common
Grammatical Nominative cat ao ges elð
Accusative cat aor geser elðer
Non-Grammatical Dative for/because of the cat aos geses elðes
Malefactive against/opposed to the cat aomo gesme elðem
Adverbial cattily aogo gesk elðeg
Vocative O Cat aogho ges elðegh
Contrastive as compared to the cat aodo gest elðed
Genitive of cat/about cat/cat's aoð geseð elðuð

Oblique

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Common
Oblique Translative to being a cat aodos gesdes elðedes
Exessive from being a cat aodoso gesdes elðedes
Essive as being a cat/like a cat aodosso gesdess elðedess
Instrumental by use of the cat/with cat aogho ges elðegh
Prolative by way of the cat aolog gesleg elðeleg

Locative

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Feminine Masculine
Internal Locative Inessive inside the cat aolo gesel elðul
Illative into the cat aono gesen elðun
Elative from inside the cat aolon geselen elðulen
Perlative through the cat aobo geseb elðeb
Traversal Locative Lative towards the cat, catbound aofon gesfen elðefen
Superlative onto the cat aojo gesi elðei
Prosecutive along the cat aovon gesven elðeven
Terminative until the cat (is reached) aoþo gesþ elðeþ
Exodal Locative Ablative away from the cat aodoþ gesdeþ elðedeþ
Antessive far from the cat aogo gesen elðen
Delative off/down from the cat aoco gec elðec
Eblative (sourced) from the cat aovod gesved elðeved
Relational Locative Superessive on (top of) the cat ao o ges o elð o
Supraessive above/over the cat aonod gesned elðened
Comitative (together) with the cat aosod gessed elðesed
Pertingent touching/adjacent to the cat aobo gesp elðeb
Apudessive next to/beside the cat aoðoð gesðeð elðeðeð
Enclosive on either side of the cat aoþor gesþer elðeþer
Forbative in front of the cat aoþo gesþ elðeþ
Locative nearby/not far from the cat aonoþ gesneþ elðeneþ
Bative behind the cat aovon gesven elðeven
Transversive beyond the cat aovoi gesvei elðevi
Circumfrentive surrounded by cat aojor gesjer elðejer
Situative wrapped in cat aorog gesreg elðereg
Abessive without the cat aolor gesler elðeler
Intrative between the cat aocog gesceg elðeceg
Subessive under the cat aolom geslem elðelem