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{{PAGENAME}} nouns are notable for inheriting the oldest version of the Proto-Semitic case system, the diptotic (two-case) system, with nominative singular ''-''Ø < {{recon|''-ъ''}} < PSem {{recon|''-u''}} and genitive/accusative singular ''-o'' < PSem {{recon|''-a''}}. Feminine singular nominative {{recon|''-atu''}} was changed to {{recon|''-ā''}} > ''-a'' under Indo-European influence. The instrumental/locative is older than the definite affixes and wasformed by suffixing inflected forms of the preposition {{recon|''bi''}} 'with/by, in'. This means that overall, the fusional nature of the Semitic nominal declension is well-preserved.

The definiteness suffixes arose from cliticized demonstratives: e.g. ''vodov'' 'the child' (~~nom~~.) < {{recon|''voldъ-vъ''}} < {{recon|''waldu ðū''}}; ''porosili'' 'the horses' ~~(gen./acc.)~~ < {{recon|''porosi-ъli''}} < {{recon|''parašī ʔulī''}}.

The definiteness suffixes arose from cliticized demonstratives: e.g. ''vodov'' 'the child' (dir.) < {{recon|''voldъ-vъ''}} < {{recon|''waldu ðū''}}; ''porosili'' 'of the horses' < {{recon|''porosi-ъli''}} < {{recon|''parašī ʔulī''}}.

Nouns fall into one of several declension paradigms. Diachronically, the declension paradigm a noun belongs to is a function of the declension class it was analyzed as, as well as the noun's gender.

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 {{PAGENAME}} nouns are notable for inheriting the oldest version of the Proto-Semitic case system, the diptotic (two-case) system, with nominative singular ''-''Ø < {{recon|''-ъ''}} < PSem {{recon|''-u''}} and genitive/accusative singular ''-o'' < PSem {{recon|''-a''}}. Feminine singular nominative {{recon|''-atu''}} was changed to {{recon|''-ā''}} > ''-a'' under Indo-European influence. The instrumental/locative is older than the definite affixes and wasformed by suffixing inflected forms of the preposition {{recon|''bi''}} 'with/by, in'. This means that overall, the fusional nature of the Semitic nominal declension is well-preserved.
-The definiteness suffixes arose from cliticized demonstratives: e.g. ''vodov'' 'the child' (nom.) < {{recon|''voldъ-vъ''}} < {{recon|''waldu&nbsp;ðū''}}; ''porosili'' 'the horses' (gen./acc.) < {{recon|''porosi-ъli''}} < {{recon|''parašī&nbsp;ʔulī''}}.
+The definiteness suffixes arose from cliticized demonstratives: e.g. ''vodov'' 'the child' (dir.) < {{recon|''voldъ-vъ''}} < {{recon|''waldu&nbsp;ðū''}}; ''porosili'' 'of the horses' < {{recon|''porosi-ъli''}} < {{recon|''parašī&nbsp;ʔulī''}}.
 Nouns fall into one of several declension paradigms. Diachronically, the declension paradigm a noun belongs to is a function of the declension class it was analyzed as, as well as the noun's gender.