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The English name ultimately comes from Bulgarian Мари́ца (maríca), it came from Thracian *māras / *māros plus -ица, the Bulgarian feminine noun suffix, coming from Proto-Slavic *-ica. The Thracian term either meant “marsh; bog” or “great; significant”. | The English name ultimately comes from Bulgarian Мари́ца (maríca), it came from Thracian *māras / *māros plus -ица, the Bulgarian feminine noun suffix, coming from Proto-Slavic *-ica. The Thracian term either meant “marsh; bog” or “great; significant”. | ||
The Maritsan autonym, Ebrusy coincidentally also came from Thracian *ebrus, their name for the river, but *ebrus came from Thracian *ebru meaning wide. The -y suffix is the plural vocative suffix, as all languages are in the vocative plural form as a base. The -y suffix came from Proto-Chlesamnic *-áus. | The Maritsan autonym, Ebrusy coincidentally also came from Thracian *ebrus, their name for the river, but *ebrus came from Thracian *ebru meaning wide. The -y suffix is the plural vocative suffix, as all languages are in the vocative plural form as a base. The -y suffix came from Proto-Chlesamnic *-áus. | ||
==Morphology== | |||
Maritsan Morphology is much simplified from Proto-Chlesamnic, and even its closest relative of Jankıbıreqhü. | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
Maritsan nouns distinguish between two numbers (singular and plural) and 8 cases. | |||
* Nominative | |||
* Vocative | |||
* Accusatve | |||
* Allative | |||
* Genitive | |||
* Ablative | |||
* Dative | |||
* Instrumental | |||
Each noun also fits into one of 6 classes, based off the ending, there is | |||
* a | |||
* ā | |||
* i | |||
* u | |||
* r | |||
* consonant | |||