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===Nouns===

Nouns and adjectives have a rich morphology, albeit less ornate than verbs. They inflect for number, definiteness and possessedness, but not for case. Nouns have three numbers (singular, dual and plural) and masculine (''rȳ̌thrā qulzáthā'') and feminine (''rȳ̌thrā ~~deidáthā~~'') genders. In third- and fourth-person possessed forms, Themsaran makes a distinction, realized tonally, between the ''absolute'' possessed form, which indicates a noun possessed by a pronoun, and the ''conjunct'' possessed form, used to indicate a possessive relationship between two nouns and agreeing with the gender of the possessor.

Nouns and adjectives have a rich morphology, albeit less ornate than verbs. They inflect for number, definiteness and possessedness, but not for case. Nouns have three numbers (singular, dual and plural) and masculine (''rȳ̌thrā qulzáthā'') and feminine (''rȳ̌thrā deiáthā'') genders. In third- and fourth-person possessed forms, Themsaran makes a distinction, realized tonally, between the ''absolute'' possessed form, which indicates a noun possessed by a pronoun, and the ''conjunct'' possessed form, used to indicate a possessive relationship between two nouns and agreeing with the gender of the possessor.

Proper names are indeclinable, i.e. they are always definite, and cannot be possessed.

====Number====

Dual is used for body parts (e.g. ''timqâr'' 'eyes') as well as opposing or complementary concepts (e.g. ''~~ry̌thrie~~'' which denotes the two sexes or grammatical genders, as opposed to plural ''~~ry̌thrir~~'' which refers to 'classes/categories' in general). The associative suffix ''-yng-'' may be combined with the dual to form the associative dual (e.g. ''~~rommyngâr~~'' 'two sides/pages of a paper', ''~~vōligyngâir~~'' 'marriage').

Dual is used for body parts (e.g. ''timqâr'' 'eyes') as well as opposing or complementary concepts (e.g. ''rȳ̌thrie'' which denotes the two sexes or grammatical genders, as opposed to plural ''rȳ̌thrir'' which refers to 'classes/categories' in general). The associative suffix ''-yng-'' may be combined with the dual to form the associative dual (e.g. ''rommyngár'' 'two sides/pages of a paper', ''vōligyngáir'' 'marriage').

====Definiteness====

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 ===Nouns===
-Nouns and adjectives have a rich morphology, albeit less ornate than verbs. They inflect for number, definiteness and possessedness, but not for case. Nouns have three numbers (singular, dual and plural) and masculine (''rȳ̌thrā qulzáthā'') and feminine (''rȳ̌thrā deidáthā'') genders. In third- and fourth-person possessed forms, Themsaran makes a distinction, realized tonally, between the ''absolute'' possessed form, which indicates a noun possessed by a pronoun, and the ''conjunct'' possessed form, used to indicate a possessive relationship between two nouns and agreeing with the gender of the possessor.
+Nouns and adjectives have a rich morphology, albeit less ornate than verbs. They inflect for number, definiteness and possessedness, but not for case. Nouns have three numbers (singular, dual and plural) and masculine (''rȳ̌thrā qulzáthā'') and feminine (''rȳ̌thrā deiáthā'') genders. In third- and fourth-person possessed forms, Themsaran makes a distinction, realized tonally, between the ''absolute'' possessed form, which indicates a noun possessed by a pronoun, and the ''conjunct'' possessed form, used to indicate a possessive relationship between two nouns and agreeing with the gender of the possessor.
 Proper names are indeclinable, i.e. they are always definite, and cannot be possessed.
 ====Number====
-Dual is used for body parts (e.g. ''timqâr'' 'eyes') as well as opposing or complementary concepts (e.g. ''ry̌thrie'' which denotes the two sexes or grammatical genders, as opposed to plural ''ry̌thrir'' which refers to 'classes/categories' in general). The associative suffix ''-yng-'' may be combined with the dual to form the associative dual (e.g. ''rommyngâr'' 'two sides/pages of a paper', ''vōligyngâir'' 'marriage').
+Dual is used for body parts (e.g. ''timqâr'' 'eyes') as well as opposing or complementary concepts (e.g. ''rȳ̌thrie'' which denotes the two sexes or grammatical genders, as opposed to plural ''rȳ̌thrir'' which refers to 'classes/categories' in general). The associative suffix ''-yng-'' may be combined with the dual to form the associative dual (e.g. ''rommyngár'' 'two sides/pages of a paper', ''vōligyngáir'' 'marriage').
 ====Definiteness====