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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Vinnish nouns fall into one of two genders, common and neuter. The common gender comes from the conflation of the masculine and feminine genders in Old Norse. Nouns inflect for number and case. | Vinnish nouns fall into one of two genders, common and neuter. The common gender comes from the conflation of the masculine and feminine genders in Old Norse. Nouns inflect for number and case. | ||
====Common Nouns==== | |||
On the whole, common nouns show a much larger variance in declension patterns than neuter nouns. There are two overarching declension patterns among common nouns: strong and weak. | |||
Note that "(u)" refers to the presence of u-umlaut and "∅" refers to a null ending. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Strong Common Nouns | |||
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! !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Dative !! Genitive | |||
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| Singular || -er, ∅ || ∅ || -i || -s, -ar | |||
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| Plural || -ar || -e || (u)-em || -e | |||
|} | |||
====Neuter Nouns==== | |||
====Definite Article==== | ====Definite Article==== | ||
Definiteness is shown via a cliticized definite article on the end of a noun. This definite article inflects for gender, case, and number. | Definiteness is shown via a cliticized definite article on the end of a noun. This definite article inflects for gender, case, and number. | ||