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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' | ||
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;" | ||
|+ 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'': | |||
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|+''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'': | |||
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|+''lysėn'' 'tongue; language' | |||
! || singular || plural | |||
|- | |||
! indefinite | |||
| ''lysėn'' || ''lysėn'''ėþ''''' | |||
|- | |||
! definite | |||
| ''lysėn'''yn''''' || ''lysėn'''ėþil''''' | |||
|} | |||
==Adjectives== | ==Adjectives== | ||