Idavic languages: Difference between revisions

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Nouns declined for four cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive) and three numbers (singular, dual, plural).
Nouns declined for four cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive) and three numbers (singular, dual, plural).


Idavic nouns could have plurals marked with -ā, -ī, and sometimes with ablaut and/or reduplication. Nouns pluralized with a suffix are ''weak nouns'' and nouns pluralized with stem changes are ''strong nouns''. There were broken plurals marked by lengthening the stem vowel; these often developed into lexicalized singular nouns in Shalaian.
Idavic nouns could have plurals marked with case suffixes (''weak nouns'') and sometimes with ablaut and/or reduplication and then marked with singular suffixes (''strong nouns''). Broken plurals often developed into lexicalized singular nouns in Shalaian.


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