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* ''-a'' declension | * ''-a'' declension | ||
* Zero-ending nouns with vowel suffixes (''-u'', ''-i'', ''-ṛ''). | * Zero-ending nouns with vowel suffixes (''-u'', ''-i'', ''-ṛ''). | ||
Except for root nouns, ablauting nouns are formed by a root and a suffix, and ablaut alternates between them. Many such suffixes are derivational and productive, but some are no longer productive and limited to a small number of terms (such as ''-in-'' forming certain male kinship terms). In a few cases, the suffix may actually be an infix, such as the (non-productive) one in the word ''lorbhe'' "stele", ultimately from the root ''lobh-'' "to write" (cf. direct singular ''lorbhe'' but locative singular ''lūrabhē'', dative plural ''lūrābhumi''). | |||
'''Non-ablauting''' declensions are the following ones: | '''Non-ablauting''' declensions are the following ones: | ||
* ''-e'' declension (first consonant stem declension) | * ''-e'' declension (first consonant stem declension) | ||