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By far the most common type of noun in all of the Germanic languages, a- and ō-stems become the basis of several sub-classes of nouns. Masculine and neuter nouns took a-stem (from Proto-Indo-European o-), while feminine nouns took ō (from PIE ā-). | By far the most common type of noun in all of the Germanic languages, a- and ō-stems become the basis of several sub-classes of nouns. Masculine and neuter nouns took a-stem (from Proto-Indo-European o-), while feminine nouns took ō (from PIE ā-). | ||
===Strong a-stem (masculine)=== | ====Strong a-stem (masculine)==== | ||
This is the most common type of noun class in Gutish as well as in most Germanic languages. As such, it is also the most varied in terms of declension. | This is the most common type of noun class in Gutish as well as in most Germanic languages. As such, it is also the most varied in terms of declension. | ||
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====Strong a-stem (neuter)==== | |||
The strong neuter a-stems are just like the masculine, except that the neuter does not take an ‹-s› on the nominative singular (i.e. the nominative is the same as the accusative), and the nominative and accusative plurals are identical to the dative singular. In other words, any of the irregularities discussed above that have to do with these categories will no longer apply for neuter a-stem nouns. | |||
==Verbs== | ==Verbs== | ||
==Adjectives== | ==Adjectives== | ||