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===Nouns===

Nouns (''véliach'') and adjectives (''astūvellách'') have a rich morphology, albeit less ornate than verbs. They inflect for number (''ðūré'') and state. State categories include definiteness (''thrȳ́zamétīd'' 'rememberedness'), possessedness (''ránmolíħe'' 'attribution') and predicative state (''dylvanlíħe''). Nouns have singular (''cḗminnáth''), dual (''líntáth'') and plural (''ūráth'') numbers, and ~~masculine (''qulzáth'')~~ and ~~feminine (''dēáth'')~~ genders. In third-person possessed forms, Themsarian 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 (''véliach'') and adjectives (''astūvellách'') have a rich morphology, albeit less ornate than verbs. They inflect for number (''ðūré'') and state and belong to genders, which interact with definiteness in a complex manner. State categories include definiteness (''thrȳ́zamétīd'' 'rememberedness'), possessedness (''ránmolíħe'' 'attribution') and predicative state (''dylvanlíħe''). Nouns have singular (''cḗminnáth''), dual (''líntáth'') and plural (''ūráth'') numbers, and animate, inanimate, and abstract/honorific genders. In third-person possessed forms, Themsarian 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. ''timaqā́r'' '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').

Dual is used for body parts (e.g. ''timaqā́r'' 'eyes') as well as opposing or complementary concepts. 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 (''véliach'') and adjectives (''astūvellách'') have a rich morphology, albeit less ornate than verbs. They inflect for number (''ðūré'') and state. State categories include definiteness (''thrȳ́zamétīd'' 'rememberedness'), possessedness (''ránmolíħe'' 'attribution') and predicative state (''dylvanlíħe''). Nouns have singular (''cḗminnáth''), dual (''líntáth'') and plural (''ūráth'') numbers, and masculine (''qulzáth'') and feminine (''dēáth'') genders. In third-person possessed forms, Themsarian 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 (''véliach'') and adjectives (''astūvellách'') have a rich morphology, albeit less ornate than verbs. They inflect for number (''ðūré'') and state and belong to genders, which interact with definiteness in a complex manner. State categories include definiteness (''thrȳ́zamétīd'' 'rememberedness'), possessedness (''ránmolíħe'' 'attribution') and predicative state (''dylvanlíħe''). Nouns have singular (''cḗminnáth''), dual (''líntáth'') and plural (''ūráth'') numbers, and animate, inanimate, and abstract/honorific genders. In third-person possessed forms, Themsarian 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. ''timaqā́r'' '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').
+Dual is used for body parts (e.g. ''timaqā́r'' 'eyes') as well as opposing or complementary concepts. 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====