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Poereim /'pojim/ "Open" nouns - roots ending in a vowel | |||
Gandrom "Closed" nouns | |||
Strong-N Nouns: roots with final -n in all conjugations | |||
Weak-N Nouns: roots where -n surfaces in some conjugations | |||
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==== Gender ==== | ==== Gender ==== | ||
Modern Tarkandamonian does not distinguish gender, although a masculine-feminine distinction existed up until the 15th century. Masculine nouns were marked with the suffix -e-, whilst feminine nouns were marked with the suffix -i. Traces of the old gender system in Modern Tarkandamonian survive as irregularities in the number system, particularly in words indicating body parts and a few high-frequency or culturally significant words, where the original ''-I'' feminine marker surfaces (c.f. ''karan -> karandokon'' /'kangon/ “hammers”, vs. ''baralt -> baraldokin'' /'baʒgin/ “ears”). | Modern Tarkandamonian does not distinguish gender, although a masculine-feminine distinction existed up until the 15th century. Masculine nouns were marked with the suffix -e-, whilst feminine nouns were marked with the suffix -i. Traces of the old gender system in Modern Tarkandamonian survive as irregularities in the number system, particularly in words indicating body parts and a few high-frequency or culturally significant words, where the original ''-I'' feminine marker surfaces (c.f. ''karan -> karandokon'' /'kangon/ “hammers”, vs. ''baralt -> baraldokin'' /'baʒgin/ “ears”). | ||