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 ===Case and Number===
-Three basic noun cases and two numbers are observed in the writings of the Irraħma author.  Number manifests a singular-plural distinction, although there is also a separate system for singulative forms for collective nouns marked with the suffixes ''-ina'' (for consonant-final nouns), and ''-iena'' (for vowel-final nouns), take plural marking.  Irregular paradigms, which appear to derive from a gender-based system, do appear; nouns that follow these paradigms are unpredictable and their forms must be memorized.
+Corrádi nouns fall under two classes, declinable and indeclinable.  Declinable nouns form the majority of nouns.
+Indeclinable nouns tend to be mass and abstract nouns.
+Among the declinable class, three basic noun cases and two numbers are observed.  Number manifests a singular-plural distinction, although there is also a separate system for singulative forms for collective nouns marked with the suffixes ''-ina'' (for consonant-final nouns), and ''-iena'' (for vowel-final nouns), take plural marking.  Irregular paradigms, which appear to derive from a gender-based system, do appear; nouns that follow these paradigms are unpredictable and their forms must be memorized.
 The following table illustrates the regular case-number paradigm: