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Nouns have three cases: nominative, genitive, and accusative (or, more accurately, "oblique.) In addition to the radical reduction of cases, case endings tend to undergo irregular sound changes that greatly shorten them. This causes nouns to behave in a fairly unpredictable manner—it can be very difficult indeed to guess a noun's declension class from the nominative alone, far more so than in, say, Latin.  
Nouns have three cases: nominative, genitive, and accusative (or, more accurately, "oblique.) In addition to the radical reduction of cases, case endings tend to undergo irregular sound changes that greatly shorten them. This causes nouns to behave in a fairly unpredictable manner—it can be very difficult indeed to guess a noun's declension class from the nominative alone, far more so than in, say, Latin.  


==== ''eH₂''-stems ====
==== ''o''-stems ====
==== ''o''-stems ====
This is the most common declension class.
===== Masculine =====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2 |
! ups<br/>"wolf"
! ākus<br/>"horse"
! anitus<br/>"breath
! nis<br/>"nest"
|-
! rowspan=3 | Singular
! Nominative
| ups
| ākus
| anitus
| nis
|-
! Genitive
| upah
| ākuah
| anitlah
| nisdah
|-
! Oblique
| up
| āku
| anitu
| nisd
|-
! rowspan=3 | Plural
! Nominative
| upās
| ākuās
| anitlās
| nisdās
|-
! Genitive
| upam
| ākuam
| anitlam
| nisdam
|-
! Oblique
| upas
| ākuas
| anitlas
| nisdas
|}
====== ''dīus'' subtype ======
===== Neuter =====
==== consonant stems ====
==== consonant stems ====
===== ''i''-stems =====
===== ''i''-stems =====
==== ''u''-stems ====
==== ''u''-stems ====
==== ''eH₂''-stems ====


=== Adectives ===
=== Adectives ===
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