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{{PAGENAME}} nouns are notable for generalizing the diptotic (two-case) system, with nominative singular ''-''Ø < {{recon|''-ъ''}} < PNSem {{recon|''-u''}} and genitive/accusative singular ''-o'' < PNSem {{recon|''-a''}}, though it is uncertain whether diptotes or triptotes dominated the original Proto-Semitic paradigm. Feminine singular nominative {{recon|''-atu''}} was changed to {{recon|''-ā''}} (modern ''-a''), presumably under Indo-European influence. The oblique case is older than the definite affixes and wasformed by suffixing inflected forms of the preposition {{recon|''bi''}} 'with/by, in': ''běcbi'' < {{recon|''běcъbьjъ''}} < {{recon|''baytu-bihu''}} "house, in it". | {{PAGENAME}} nouns are notable for generalizing the diptotic (two-case) system, with nominative singular ''-''Ø < {{recon|''-ъ''}} < PNSem {{recon|''-u''}} and genitive/accusative singular ''-o'' < PNSem {{recon|''-a''}}, though it is uncertain whether diptotes or triptotes dominated the original Proto-Semitic paradigm. Feminine singular nominative {{recon|''-atu''}} was changed to {{recon|''-ā''}} (modern ''-a''), presumably under Indo-European influence. The oblique case is older than the definite affixes and wasformed by suffixing inflected forms of the preposition {{recon|''bi''}} 'with/by, in': ''běcbi'' < {{recon|''běcъbьjъ''}} < {{recon|''baytu-bihu''}} "house, in it". | ||
The definiteness suffixes arose from cliticized demonstratives: e.g. '' | The definiteness suffixes arose from cliticized demonstratives: e.g. ''vódov'' 'the child' (nom.) < {{recon|''voldъ-vy''}} < PNSem {{recon|''waldu ðū''}}; ''porosili'' 'the horses' (acc./gen.) < {{recon|''porosi-ъli''}} < PNSem {{recon|''parašī ʔulī''}}. | ||
Nouns fall into one of several declension paradigms. Diachronically, the declension paradigm a noun belongs to is a function of the declension class it was analyzed as, as well as the noun's gender. | Nouns fall into one of several declension paradigms. Diachronically, the declension paradigm a noun belongs to is a function of the declension class it was analyzed as, as well as the noun's gender. | ||
The possessor follows the possessor: '' | The possessor follows the possessor: ''mescajov jumovo'' 'the drink of the day', except when the possessor is a pronoun: ''li hadif bĕcov'' 'my new house'. | ||
===Masculine nouns of type ''júm''=== | ===Masculine nouns of type ''júm''=== | ||
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! colspan="7" | Masculine noun: '' | ! colspan="7" | Masculine noun: ''vód'' 'child, boy' | ||
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!rowspan="2" style="width: 100px;" | !! colspan="2" | Singular !! colspan="2" | Dual !! colspan="2" | Plural | !rowspan="2" style="width: 100px;" | !! colspan="2" | Singular !! colspan="2" | Dual !! colspan="2" | Plural | ||
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! Nominative | ! Nominative | ||
| '' | | ''vód'' || ''vód'''ov''''' || ''vód'''a''''' || ''vód'''ava''''' || ''vód'''y''''' || ''vód'''yly''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Genitive | ! Genitive | ||
| '' | | ''vód'''o''''' || ''vód'''ovo''''' || ''vód'''ě''''' || ''vód'''ěvě''''' || ''vód'''i''''' || ''vód'''ili''''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Oblique | ! Oblique | ||
| '' | | ''vód'''bi''''' || ''vód'''vobi''''' || ''vód'''ěma''''' || ''vód'''ěvěma''''' || ''vód'''ím''''' || ''vód'''ilím''''' | ||
|} | |} | ||