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==Nouns==

{{PAGENAME}} nouns decline in definiteness, three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and four cases (nominative, genitive-accusative, dative, instrumental-locative). Unusually for a modern Semitic language, case distinctions are productive and mandatory. There is no counterpart to the construct state of other Semitic languages; however, the possessor always follows the noun.

{{PAGENAME}} nouns decline in definiteness, three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and four cases (nominative, genitive-accusative, dative, instrumental-locative). Unusually for a modern Semitic language, case distinctions are productive and mandatory. There is no counterpart to the construct state of other Semitic languages (The Socovíc forms are from the original construct state forms); however, the possessor always follows the noun.

{{PAGENAME}} nouns are notable for inheriting the oldest version of the Proto-Semitic case system, the diptotic (two-case) system, with nominative singular ''-''Ø < {{recon|''-ъ''}} < PSem {{recon|''-u''}} and genitive/accusative singular ''-o'' < PSem {{recon|''-a''}}. Feminine singular nominative {{recon|''-atu''}} was changed to {{recon|''-ā''}} > ''-a'' under Indo-European influence. The dative and instrumental/locative are older than the definite affixes and were formed by suffixing inflected forms of the prepositions *la 'to' and *bi 'with/by, in'. This means that overall, the fusional nature of the Semitic nominal declension is well-preserved.

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 ==Nouns==
-{{PAGENAME}} nouns decline in definiteness, three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and four cases (nominative, genitive-accusative, dative, instrumental-locative). Unusually for a modern Semitic language, case distinctions are productive and mandatory. There is no counterpart to the construct state of other Semitic languages; however, the possessor always follows the noun.
+{{PAGENAME}} nouns decline in definiteness, three numbers (singular, dual and plural), and four cases (nominative, genitive-accusative, dative, instrumental-locative). Unusually for a modern Semitic language, case distinctions are productive and mandatory. There is no counterpart to the construct state of other Semitic languages (The Socovíc forms are from the original construct state forms); however, the possessor always follows the noun.
 {{PAGENAME}} nouns are notable for inheriting the oldest version of the Proto-Semitic case system, the diptotic (two-case) system, with nominative singular ''-''Ø < {{recon|''-ъ''}} < PSem {{recon|''-u''}} and genitive/accusative singular ''-o'' < PSem {{recon|''-a''}}. Feminine singular nominative {{recon|''-atu''}} was changed to {{recon|''-ā''}} > ''-a'' under Indo-European influence. The dative and instrumental/locative are older than the definite affixes and were formed by suffixing inflected forms of the prepositions *la 'to' and *bi 'with/by, in'. This means that overall, the fusional nature of the Semitic nominal declension is well-preserved.