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 ==== Declension ====
+Mergian retained much of the noun declensions of Gothic.
+The declensionare organized by the ending they have in their singular dative form. Thus, the declensions are
+* -a declension
+* -ja declension
+* -e declension
+* -au declension
+* -en declension
+* -ar declension
+* Empty declension
+There are also slight differences per declension depending on the gender of the noun.
+===== -a declension =====
+The -a declension has contains two sub-declensions. All the nouns in this declension are masculine.
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
+|+
+! rowspan="2" |
+! colspan="2" |-s or -Ø ending
+! colspan="2" |-o ending
+|-
+!Singular
+!Plural
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -s/-Ø
+| rowspan="2" | -a
+| rowspan="2" | -o
+| rowspan="2" | -za
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -i
+| -ei
+| -ze
+| -zei
+|-
+!Dative
+| -a
+| -am
+| -za
+| -zam
+|}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
+! rowspan="2" |Example
+! colspan="2" |''leps'' 'bread'
+! colspan="2" |''dzjo'' 'animal'
+|-
+!Singular
+!Plural
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| leps
+| rowspan="2" | leba
+| rowspan="2" | dzjo
+| rowspan="2" | dzjoza
+|-
+!Accusative
+|lef
+|-
+!Genitive
+|lebi
+|lebei
+|dzjoze
+|dzjozei
+|-
+!Dative
+|leba
+|lebam
+|dzjoza
+|dzjozam
+|}
 ==== Derivation ====