Scots Norse: Difference between revisions
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Most parts of speech are split among three "types" or "classes" based on the mutation they cause in the following word, these are called "radical", "lenite", and "eclipse", and they generally don't affect the word itself. Verbs form the primary exception, as they very consistently follow a single pattern, with the dictionary form (the infinitive) always being a lenite. | Most parts of speech are split among three "types" or "classes" based on the mutation they cause in the following word, these are called "radical", "lenite", and "eclipse", and they generally don't affect the word itself. Verbs form the primary exception, as they very consistently follow a single pattern, with the dictionary form (the infinitive) always being a lenite. | ||
===Nominals=== | ===Nominals=== | ||
====Nouns==== | ====Nouns==== | ||
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Other than the ''-an'' plural, all nouns follow roughly the same pattern, with some variation between depending on the environment. This makes Scots Norse stunningly regular, to a point largely unseen for a Germanic language, especially one that preserves so much of the declension system. | Other than the ''-an'' plural, all nouns follow roughly the same pattern, with some variation between depending on the environment. This makes Scots Norse stunningly regular, to a point largely unseen for a Germanic language, especially one that preserves so much of the declension system. | ||
===Adjectives=== | ====Adjectives==== | ||
Adjectives, like nouns, have dropped the definiteness distinction (the strong/weak distinction here), thus what remains is positive, comparative, and superlative, with their respective declensions. | Adjectives, like nouns, have dropped the definiteness distinction (the strong/weak distinction here), thus what remains is positive, comparative, and superlative, with their respective declensions. | ||
{{snon-decl-adj|sèl|sèol|app=y}} | {{snon-decl-adj|sèl|sèol|app=y}} | ||
===Numerals=== | ====Pronouns==== | ||
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{|class="wikitable" | {|class="wikitable" | ||
!1 | !1 | ||