Aol/Nouns

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Gender

Gender in Aol pertains to how nouns are declined and gender agreement for articles. Gender of a noun is defined by the vowel of the final syllable.

Neuter Feminine Masculine
i, y, o e a, u

Root Form

The definition of the Aol "root form" is the nominative singular form.

Plural Forms

Regular Plurals

Regular plural formation is used for the majority of words in Aol and is used for all words who have multiple syllables in their root form. The -c suffix is used for nouns ending in vowels and the -Vc suffix is used for nouns ending in consonants. For the -Vc suffix, the vowel depends on the gender of the noun.

-Vc Vowels:

  • Feminine "y, e"
  • Masculine "a"

Examples:
fjag "animal" > fjagec "animals"
aryn "star" > arynyc "stars"
anad "gift" > anadac "gifts"
aga "eye" > agac "eyes"
esk "cube" > eskyc "cubes"

Ablaut Plurals

Ablaut plurals are a much smaller subset of nouns. All ablaut plurals have a single syllable in their root form but not all single syllable root nouns are ablaut plurals.

  • o > e
  • a > y
  • e > ei, ai

Examples:
sar "island" > syr "islands"
ðeg "book" > ðeig "books"
ghoþ "scripture" > gheþ "scriptures"
kek "place" > kaik "places"

Article Agreement
Note that the gender of the plural form is the same as the root form.

Mass Plurals

Mass plurals are formed by adding the -fen suffix to the root form of the noun.

Examples:
vadas "body of water" -> vadasfen "waters"
del "wind gust" -> delfen "wind"

Pronouns

Pronouns
Person Neuter Common
First Person jan jana
Second Person gas gasa
Third Person eða

Cases

Basic Cases

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Common
Grammatical Nominative cat ao dor ðel ges elð vadas
Accusative cat aor doror ðeleir geser elður vadaser
Non-Grammatical Dative for/because of the cat aos doros ðeleis geses elðus vadases
Malefactive against/opposed to the cat aomo dormo ðelem gesm elðem vadasm
Adverbial cattily aogo dorgo ðeleg gesk elðk vadask
Vocative O Cat aogho dorgho ðelegh gesgh elðgh vadasgh
Contrastive as compared to the cat aodo dordo ðeled gest elðt vadast
Genitive of cat/about cat/cat's aoð doroð ðeleið geseð elðuð vadaseð

Oblique

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Feminine Masculine
Oblique Translative to being a cat aodos dordos ðeledes gesdes elðedes vadasdes
Exessive from being a cat aodoso dordoso ðeledese gesdes elðedes vadasdes
Essive as being a cat/like a cat aodosso dordosso ðeledess gesdess elðedess vadasdess
Instrumental by use of the cat/with cat aogho dorgho ðelegh gesgh elðegh vadasgh
Prolative by way of the cat aologh dorlogh ðelelegh geslegh elðelegh vadaslegh

Locative

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Common
Internal Locative Inessive inside the cat aolo dorolo ðeleil gesel elðul vadasel
Hyperessive deep inside the cat aollo dorollo ðeleill gesell elðull vadasell
Illative into the cat aono dorono ðelein gesen elðun vadasen
Hyperlative deep into the cat aonno doronno ðeleinn gesenn elðunn vadasenn
Elative from inside the cat aolon dorolon ðeleilen geselen elðulen vadaselen
Hyper-elative from deep inside the cat aollon dorollon ðeleillen gesellen elðullen vadasellen
Hyperlative all throughout the cat aopo doropo ðeleip gesep elðup vadasep
Perlative through the cat aobo dorbo ðelep gesp elðeb vatasp
Traversal Locative Lative towards the cat, catbound aofon dorfon ðelefen gesfen elðefen vadasfen
Superlative onto the cat aojo dorjo ðelei gesi elðei vadasi
Prosecutive along the cat aovon dorvon ðeleven gesven elðeven vadasven
Terminative until the cat (is reached) aoþo dorþo ðeleþ gesþ elðeþ vadasþ
Exodal Locative Ablative away from the cat aoðoþ dorðoþ ðeleðeþ gesðeþ elðeðeþ vadasðeþ
Antessive far from the cat aogo dorgo ðelen gesn elðen vadasn
Delative off/down from the cat aoco dorco ðelec gesc elðec vadasc
Eblative (sourced) from the cat aovod dorvod ðeleved gesved elðeved vadasved
Relational Locative Superessive on (top of) the cat aojo dorjo ðelei kesi eldei vatasi
Supraessive above/over the cat aonod dornod ðelened gesned elðened vadasned
Comitative (together) with the cat aosod dorsod ðelesed gessed elðesed vadassed
Pertingent touching/adjacent to the cat aobo dorbo ðeleb gesp elðeb vadasp
Apudessive next to/beside the cat aoðoð dorðoð ðeleðeð gesðeð elðeðeð vadasðeð
Enclosive on either side of the cat aoþor dorþor ðeleþer gesþer elðeþer vadasþer
Forbative in front of the cat aoþo dorþo ðeleþ gesþ elðeþ vadasþ
Locative nearby/not far from the cat aonoþ dornoþ ðeleneþ gesneþ elðeneþ vadasneþ
Bative behind the cat aovog dorvog ðeleveg gesveg elðeveg vadasveg
Transversive beyond the cat aovoj dorvoj ðelevei gesvei elðevi vadasvi
Circumfrentive surrounded by cat aojor dorjor ðelejer gesjer elðejer vadasjer
Situative wrapped in cat aorog dorrog ðelereg gesreg elðereg vadasreg
Abessive without the cat aolor dorlor ðeleler gesler elðeler vadasler
Intrative between the cat aocog dorcog ðeleceg gesceg elðeceg vadasceg
Subessive under the cat aolom dorlom ðelelem geslem elðelem vadaslem