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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
There are seven (or six if count the sixth and the seventh as one) noun declensions in Pomorian. Nouns have seven cases: '''Nominative''', '''Genitive''', '''Dative''', '''Accusative''', '''Instrumental''', '''Locative''' and '''Vocative'''. In Pomorian Proper most nouns have only two numbers: '''singular''' and '''plural''', while in Western and Southern dialects there is also a '''dual''' number. Some noun cases can have two endings: long (with an unsterssed "u" at the end) or short (without an "u"). Also the Accusative plural of some words like ''mariå'' has two endings: ''"-e"'' and ''"-i"''. Those endings are interchangeable and can specifically be used in poetry or in dialectal speech. | |||
====First declension==== | ====First declension==== | ||
More than a half of Pomorian nouns belongs to this dieclension. Loanwords usually also decline according to it. There are two different declining patterns for masculine and feminine genders. | |||
'''*-e, (masculine), -a (feminine), -å (neuter)''' | '''*-e, (masculine), -a (feminine), -å (neuter)''' | ||
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|gród'''å''' ||gród'''u''' | |gród'''å''' ||gród'''u''' | ||
|gãlv'''ą''' ||gãlv'''e''' | |gãlv'''ą''' ||gãlv'''e''' | ||
|màr'''iå''' ||màr'''i/''' | |màr'''iå''' ||màr'''i/e''' | ||
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|align="right"|'''Instrumental''' | |align="right"|'''Instrumental''' | ||
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====Second declension==== | ====Second declension==== | ||
Second declension contains mostly feminine gender nouns, usually inanimate. Some masculine gender nouns and old loanwords belong to this declension. | |||
'''*-i, (masculine), -i (feminine)''' | '''*-i, (masculine), -i (feminine)''' | ||
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====Third declension==== | ====Third declension==== | ||
This declension contains only masculine gender nouns. About one sixth of all the nouns belong to this declension. | |||
'''*-u, (masculine)''' | '''*-u, (masculine)''' | ||
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====Fourth declension==== | ====Fourth declension==== | ||
Few old nouns of a feminine gender belong to this declension, some can come in pairs, like ''brū'' (eyebrows) and thus have a dual number. | |||
'''*-ū, (feminine)''' | '''*-ū, (feminine)''' | ||
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====Fifth declension==== | ====Fifth declension==== | ||
Few nouns once ending in "-n" belong to this declension. There are two different patterns of declining: for the feminine and the neuter genders. This declension preserves a dual number. | |||
'''*-n (feminine), *-n (neuter)''' | '''*-n (feminine), *-n (neuter)''' | ||
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====Sixth declension==== | ====Sixth declension==== | ||
Also called the consonant declension, the sixth declension contains only a few words, all of them descending from proto-Balto-Slavic. There is also a dual number for the nouns belonging to this declension. | |||
'''*-t, -s (neuter)''' | '''*-t, -s (neuter)''' | ||
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====Seventh declension==== | ====Seventh declension==== | ||
This declension is sometimes considered to be a part of sixth one. It has only two nous in it: ''mūti'' (mother) and ''dukti'' (daughter). | |||
'''*-r (feminine)''' | '''*-r (feminine)''' | ||
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