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Nouns have been reduced down to a basic singular/plural distinction, with the masc/fem distinction only maintained when paired with the article ''{{lang|snon|{{term|hin}}}}''.

The ~~plural~~ is ~~always formed with -arr~~, ~~while the singular~~ has ~~roughly two methods~~ that ~~apply~~ to ~~both genders~~, ~~those~~ being ~~"e-ᶫ" and "-" (note that~~ the ~~"e-" represents slenderization of the preceding consonant)~~.

Nouns are categorized under gender and class. There are two genders, being masculine and feminine, and three classes, being radical, lenite, and eclipse. The classes are based on the mutation the singular form causes on the following word. The gender distinction is murky at best, and it has been well observed that it gets confused often, to the point it likely does not hold any actual bearing on the language, rather being more a semantic distinction, see {{lang|snon|{{term|asc}}}} for a word where the gender is often confused.

~~''All''~~ nouns ~~fit into one of these two patterns~~, ~~regardless the~~ forms ~~in Old Norse. Below are several examples.~~

Nouns typically only have at most two forms, distinguishing singular and plural, but many nouns, especially animate nouns, gain distinct feminine forms formed with ''{{lang|snon|{{term|-al}}}}'', as in {{lang|snon|{{term|scòthal}}}} ("female Scot").

{{snon~~-decl~~|~~a|ld|g=m|l=y}}~~

The plural is very consistently formed with the suffix {{lang|snon|{{term|-ar}}}}. There is no concrete evidence for the existence of any irregular plurals in the standard language, but within Western Scots Norse many have been observed, the most notable being "man"-"men" as in English, the lack of this in Standard Scots Norse is likely from the a-e merger of Eastern Sudrey Norse.

~~{{snon-decl|h|àmar|4=àmr|g=m|l=y~~}}

{{snon~~-decl~~|~~b|èdh|g=m|l=y}}~~

~~{{snon-decl|m|àl|àel|g=m~~}}

{{snon~~-decl|p|ost|oest~~|~~g=m}}~~

~~{{snon-decl|b|èt~~}}

===Adjectives===

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 Nouns have been reduced down to a basic singular/plural distinction, with the masc/fem distinction only maintained when paired with the article ''{{lang|snon|{{term|hin}}}}''.
-The plural is always formed with -arr, while the singular has roughly two methods that apply to both genders, those being "e-ᶫ" and "-" (note that the "e-" represents slenderization of the preceding consonant).
+Nouns are categorized under gender and class. There are two genders, being masculine and feminine, and three classes, being radical, lenite, and eclipse. The classes are based on the mutation the singular form causes on the following word. The gender distinction is murky at best, and it has been well observed that it gets confused often, to the point it likely does not hold any actual bearing on the language, rather being more a semantic distinction, see {{lang|snon|{{term|asc}}}} for a word where the gender is often confused.
-''All'' nouns fit into one of these two patterns, regardless the forms in Old Norse. Below are several examples.
+Nouns typically only have at most two forms, distinguishing singular and plural, but many nouns, especially animate nouns, gain distinct feminine forms formed with ''{{lang|snon|{{term|-al}}}}'', as in {{lang|snon|{{term|scòthal}}}} ("female Scot").
-{{snon-decl|a|ld|g=m|l=y}}
-{{snon-decl|h|àt|àet|g=m|l=y}}
+The plural is very consistently formed with the suffix {{lang|snon|{{term|-ar}}}}. There is no concrete evidence for the existence of any irregular plurals in the standard language, but within Western Scots Norse many have been observed, the most notable being "man"-"men" as in English, the lack of this in Standard Scots Norse is likely from the a-e merger of Eastern Sudrey Norse.
-{{snon-decl|h|àmar|4=àmr|g=m|l=y}}
-{{snon-decl|b|èdh|g=m|l=y}}
-{{snon-decl|b|ògh|òegh|g=m|l=y}}
-{{snon-decl|m|àl|àel|g=m}}
-{{snon-decl|p|ost|oest|g=m}}
-{{snon-decl|a|rrv|l=y}}
-{{snon-decl|b|èt}}
 ===Adjectives===