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==Kxǂ’auǁʼein==
==Kxǂ’auǁʼein==
'''Kxǂ’auǁʼein''' /ˈkxǂ’aʊ̯ǁʼaɪ̯n/
'''Kxǂ’auǁʼein''' /ˈkxǂ’aʊ̯ǁʼaɪ̯n/
==Rencadian nouns==
Nouns have 2 genders (masculine and feminine) and 3 cases (nominative, comparative, and vocative). The genitive is archaic and survives in verbal nouns and stock expressions.
Noun stems often get lenited. Lenition works as follows:
* When the noun begins with a lenitable consonant (any consonant besides f, v, th, dh, ch and gh), the first consonant gets lenited. If the first consonant is z, x or zj and there's a prefix before the lenited stem, an epenthetic -n- is inserted between the prefix and the stem.
* When the noun begins with a vowel, an n- is inserted before the stem.
* When the noun begins with a nonlenitable consonant (f, v, th, dh, ch or gh), an n- is inserted before the stem if there's a prefix before the stem that ends in a vowel. Otherwise, neo- is inserted before the stem.
For example:
# baer 'leaf' → vaer
# rasj 'spouse' → rasj
# zaweoth 'ant' → aweoth, '''ʙᴜᴛ''':
# xeu + lenited form of zaweoth 'like an ant' → xeu naweoth
# eonsae 'fruit' → neonsae
# farnath 'speech' → neofarnasj, '''ʙᴜᴛ''':
# meo + lenited form of farnasj 'speaking' → meonfarnasj
# ow + lenited form of farnasj 'not speaking' → owneofarnasj
====Feminine nouns====
Most nouns are feminine and decline as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Case !! Indefinite Singular !! Indefinite Plural !! Definite Singular !! Definite Plural
|-
| Nominative || [nom stem] || [nom stem]+meo || [nom stem]+nae || [nom stem]+neu
|-
| (Genitive) || [gen stem] || [nom stem]+meon || [nom stem]+naer || [nom stem]+neureo
|-
| Comparative || [acc stem] || [nom stem]+meoth || [nom stem]+naeth || [nom stem]+neuth
|-
| Vocative || [lenited nom stem] || [lenited nom stem]+meo || [lenited nom stem]+nae || [lenited nom stem]+neu
|}
* [nom stem] is the dictionary form of a noun.
* [gen stem] is the genitive stem, formed by adding -eo if the noun ends in a consonant and -n if the noun ends in a vowel.
* [acc stem] is the accusative stem, formed by adding -eoth if the noun ends in a consonant and -th if the noun ends in a vowel.
Here are two examples:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! ''eorim'' 'tail' !! Indefinite Singular !! Indefinite Plural !! Definite Singular !! Definite Plural
|-
| Nominative || eorim || eorimmeo || eorimnae || eorimneu
|-
| (Genitive) || eorimeo || eorimmeon || eorimnaer || eorimneur
|-
| Comparative || eorimeoth || eorimmeoth || eorimnaeth || eorimneuth
|-
| Vocative || neorim || neorimmeo || neorimnae || neorimneu
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! ''neoqa'' 'rope' !! Indefinite Singular !! Indefinite Plural !! Definite Singular !! Definite Plural
|-
| Nominative || neoqa || neoqameo || neoqanae || neoqaneu
|-
| (Genitive) || neoqan || neoqameon || neoqanaer || neoqaneur
|-
| Comparative || neoqath || neoqameoth || neoqanaeth || neoqaneuth
|-
| Vocative || neoqa || neoqameo || neoqanae || neoqaneu
|}
====Masculine nouns====
=====First declension=====
First declension masculine nouns end in consonants and the genitive stem is identical to the nominative stem, unless the final consonant is th, dh, s or z, in which case this final consonant is replaced with sj, zj, sj or zj respectively. The accusative stem is formed from the nominative stem as follows:
* If the final consonant is th or dh, it's replaced with t or d respectively.
* If the final consonant is a voiced fricative that is not dh, -dh is suffixed.
* Otherwise, -th is suffixed.
The paradigm is:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Case  !! Indefinite Singular !! Indefinite Plural !! Definite Singular !! Definite Plural
|-
| Nominative || [nom stem] || [nom stem]+meo || [nom stem]+ae || [nom stem]+eu
|-
| (Genitive) || [gen stem] || [nom stem]+meon || [nom stem]+aer || [nom stem]+eur
|-
| Comparative || [acc stem] || [nom stem]+meoth || [nom stem]+aeth || [nom stem]+euth
|-
| Vocative || [lenited nom stem] || [lenited nom stem]+meo || [lenited nom stem]+ae || [lenited nom stem]+eu
|}
Here's an example:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! ''neowaeth'' 'root' !! Indefinite Singular !! Indefinite Plural !! Definite Singular !! Definite Plural
|-
| Nominative || neowaeth || neowaethmeo || neowaethae || neowaetheu
|-
| (Genitive) || neowaesj || neowaethmeon || neowaethaer || neowaetheur
|-
| Comparative || neowaet || neowaethmeoth || neowaethaeth || neowaetheuth
|-
| Vocative || neowaeth || neowaethmeo || neowaethae || neowaetheu
|}
=====Second declension=====
Second declension masculine nouns end in vowels. The genitive stem is formed by:
* suffixing -r if the last vowel is preceded immediately by a consonant cluster ending in a consonant that's not p, t, c, b, d, g, f, th, ch, v, dh or gh;
* otherwise, replacing the last vowel with -r.
The paradigm is as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Case !! Indefinite Singular !! Indefinite Plural !! Definite Singular !! Definite Plural
|-
| Nominative || [nom stem] || [gen stem]+eom || [gen stem]+ae || [gen stem]+eu
|-
| (Genitive) || [gen stem]+eo || [gen stem]+eomeon || [gen stem]+aer || [gen stem]+eur
|-
| Comparative || [gen stem]+th || [gen stem]+eomeoth || [gen stem]+aeth || [gen stem]+euth
|-
| Vocative || [lenited nom stem] || [lenited gen stem]+eom || [lenited gen stem]+ae || [lenited gen stem]+eu
|}
An example:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! ''maexneu'' 'love' !! Indefinite Singular !! Indefinite Plural !! Definite Singular !! Definite Plural
|-
| Nominative || maexneu || maexneureom || maexneurae || maexneureu
|-
| (Genitive) || maexneureo || maexneureomeon || maexneuraer || maexneureur
|-
| Comparative || maexneurth || maexneureomeoth || maexneuraeth || maexneureuth
|-
| Vocative || waexneu || waexneureom || waexneurae || waexneureu
|}
Verbal nouns ending in -reo are always second declension masculine.
* dexreo 'to rest'
* ithreo 'to eat'
* maerthreo 'to sit'
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