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Arnic nouns are inflected by number, animacy and case. | Arnic nouns are inflected by number, animacy and case. | ||
====Cases==== | ====Cases==== | ||
Cases in Arnic are already inflected, but are further inflected to denote animacy. | |||
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! !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Dative !! Instrumentative | ! !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Dative !! Instrumentative | ||
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| ''-elin'' || ''-ikai'' || ''-akam'' | | ''-elin'' || ''-ikai'' || ''-akam'' | ||
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====Animacy==== | ====Animacy==== | ||
All nouns are categorised by animacy: either animate or inanimate. Case markings for nouns and pronouns change based on the animacy of a noun. As an example, take the noun ''meshal''("man"). ''Meshal'' is animate, so the surrounding case markings change as so: | All nouns are categorised by animacy: either animate or inanimate. Case markings for nouns and pronouns change based on the animacy of a noun. As an example, take the noun ''meshal''("man"). ''Meshal'' is animate, so the surrounding case markings change as so: | ||