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* ''účen'' "fish" → ''ússó'' "fish (plur.)" (here, the singular actually derives from the diminutive ''uóscien'', while the plural derives from the plural of the unmodified noun ''uós'') | * ''účen'' "fish" → ''ússó'' "fish (plur.)" (here, the singular actually derives from the diminutive ''uóscien'', while the plural derives from the plural of the unmodified noun ''uós'') | ||
* ''épsis'' "person" → ''iúressó'' "people" (completely different roots) | * ''épsis'' "person" → ''iúressó'' "people" (completely different roots) | ||
====Archaic genitive==== | |||
Mostly in poetry and some set usages, words not ending in ''-n, -ó'', and ''-ú'' maintain a distinct genitive form, used for the singular. It is formed by adding ''-u'' {{IPA|[u̯]}} at the end (lengthening ''u o'' instead), except for words in ''-ía'' which lose the ''-a'' instead. | |||
In contemporary Cerian, it is mostly found in some set usages and locutions, such as ''šérošu čérí'' "Cerian language" (with the genitive of ''Čéría''), ''ronuo dútú'' "blade of the sword" (''dútu'' "blade"), ''requíbača Ašeirau'' "orbit of Ašeira", ''šóben lerió'' "pomegranate juice" (''lerio'' "pomegranate"). | |||
====Gender and articles==== | ====Gender and articles==== | ||