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==Nouns==
==Nouns==
Like [[Knánith]], Modern Togarmite has lost grammatical gender. Noun have indefinite and definite states but the construct state has been lost. Most nouns have a regular plural in ''-i'', definite ''-il''.
Like [[Knánith]], Modern Togarmite has lost grammatical gender. Noun still have indefinite and definite states, but the construct state has been lost. Most nouns have a regular plural in ''-i'', definite ''-il''.


Example: ''ȝėlam'' 'world'
Example: ''ȝėlam'' 'world'
*Indefinite state: ''ȝėlam'' = a world; ''ȝėlami'' = worlds
*Definite state: ''ȝėlamyn'' = the world; ''ȝėlamil'' = the worlds


Exceptions include a small number of nouns that were feminine in Old Togarmite, such as many body parts:
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
*''lysėn / lysėnyn / lysėnėþ / lysėnėþil'' 'tongue; language'
|+ Regular noun declension
! || singular || plural
|-
! indefinite
| ''ȝėlam'' || ''ȝėlam'''i'''''
|-
! definite
| ''ȝėlam'''yn''''' || ''ȝėlam'''il'''''
|}
 
A sub-declension is comprised of nouns or adjectives with the ''nisba'' suffix ''-i'':
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
|+''þėrmi'' 'Togarmite'
! || singular || plural
|-
! indefinite
| ''þėrm'''i''''' || ''þėrmi'''je'''''
|-
! definite
| ''þėrmi'''jyn''''' || ''þėrmi'''jel'''''
|}
 
 
Exceptions include a small number of nouns that were feminine in Old Togarmite, such as many body parts, which take a plural in ''-ėþ'':
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
|+''lysėn'' 'tongue; language'
! || singular || plural
|-
! indefinite
| ''lysėn'' || ''lysėn'''ėþ'''''
|-
! definite
| ''lysėn'''yn''''' || ''lysėn'''ėþil'''''
|}


==Adjectives==
==Adjectives==