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The second declension ends in a -o sound. It is a remnant of the old Gothic nouns ending in -s. The declension is the exact same, except the nominative ends in a ''-o'' and ''-z-'' infix anywhere else. | The second declension ends in a -o sound. It is a remnant of the old Gothic nouns ending in -s. The declension is the exact same, except the nominative ends in a ''-o'' and ''-z-'' infix anywhere else. | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
|+Second - | |+Second -s declension | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! | ||
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|+Exceptional -s declension | |+Exceptional -s declension | ||
|- | |- | ||
!''hjo'' 'worker' <br/> | !''hjo'' 'worker' <br/>''tzrjo'' 'piece' <br />''snjo'' 'knee' | ||
''tzrjo'' 'piece' <br/> | |||
''snjo'' 'knee' | |||
!Singular | !Singular | ||
!Plural | !Plural | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Nominative | !Nominative | ||
| hjo | | hjo | ||
tzrjo | tzrjo | ||
snjo | snjo | ||
| | | þive | ||
trive <br />knive | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Accusative | !Accusative | ||
| hjo | | hjo | ||
tzrjo | tzrjo | ||
snjo | snjo | ||
| | | þive | ||
trive <br />knive | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Genitive | !Genitive | ||
|þive | |þive | ||
trive <br/> | trive <br/>knive | ||
knive | |þivei | ||
|þivei | trivei <br />knivei | ||
trivei <br/> | |||
knivei | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Dative | !Dative | ||
| | |þive | ||
trive <br />knive | |||
|þivem | |||
|þivem | trivem<br />knivem | ||
trivem <br/> | |||
knivem | |||
|} | |} | ||
===== - | ===== -a declension ===== | ||
The - | The -a declension contains only words ending in -e or -a. All of its nouns are almost all feminine. There are a few exceptions of biologically masculine nouns (father, husband etc.) being in the -a declension. | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
!Singular | |||
!Plural | |||
|- | |||
!Nominative | |||
| -e/-a | |||
| -o | |||
|- | |||
!Accusative | |||
| -e/-a | |||
| -o | |||
|- | |||
!Genitive | |||
| -o | |||
| -o | |||
|- | |||
!Dative | |||
| -E | |||
| -om | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
|+'''Examples with ''kounne'' 'wife' and ''runga'' 'stick'''' | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
!Singular | |||
!Plural | |||
|- | |||
!Nominative | |||
| kounne | |||
runga | |||
| kounno | |||
rungo | |||
|- | |||
!Accusative | |||
| kounne | |||
runga | |||
| kounno | |||
rungo | |||
|- | |||
!Genitive | |||
| kounno | |||
rungo | |||
| kounno | |||
rungo | |||
|- | |||
!Dative | |||
| koune | |||
runge | |||
| kounnom | |||
rungom | |||
|} | |||
= Derivation = | |||
=== Adjectives === | === Adjectives === | ||