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The ''h-paradigm'' used by nouns in ''-ah'' and ''-āh'' is substantially identical to the regular 1-h one, except for the exessive, dative, ablative, locative, and instrumental plural which have ''-a-'' instead of ''-e-'' as a linking vowel and, for some nouns, the genitive singular ''(see table note 1)''. | The ''h-paradigm'' used by nouns in ''-ah'' and ''-āh'' is substantially identical to the regular 1-h one, except for the exessive, dative, ablative, locative, and instrumental plural which have ''-a-'' instead of ''-e-'' as a linking vowel and, for some nouns, the genitive singular ''(see table note 1)''. | ||
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# ''-ьa'', ''-ьā'', ''-ya'', and ''-yā'' nouns form the genitive singular in ''-ei'' (e.g. ''laliā'' "night" → ''lalei''). Nouns in ''-ьah'', ''-ьāh'', ''-yah'', and ''-yāh'', however, have the regular ending (e.g. ''yamyah'' "fog" → ''yamyi''). | # ''-ьa'', ''-ьā'', ''-ya'', and ''-yā'' nouns form the genitive singular in ''-ei'' (e.g. ''laliā'' "night" → ''lalei''). Nouns in ''-ьah'', ''-ьāh'', ''-yah'', and ''-yāh'', however, have the regular ending (e.g. ''yamyah'' "fog" → ''yamyi''). | ||
# In older texts ''-eiva'' (e.g. ''javileiva''), today only used in literature for an archaïzing effect or to mark a character speaking with a Northern Plain pronunciation (where this form survives in the spoken language). | # In older texts ''-eiva'' (e.g. ''javileiva''), today only used in literature for an archaïzing effect or to mark a character speaking with a Northern Plain pronunciation (where this form survives in the spoken language). |
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