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'''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) | ||
* Zero-ending nouns with stems ending in liquids (''-l'' or ''-r''), nasals (''-m'' or ''-n'') or the glottal stop (''-h'') (second consonant stem declension) | * Zero-ending nouns with stems ending in liquids (''-l'' or ''-r''), nasals (''-m'' or ''-n'') or the glottal stop (''-h'') (second consonant stem declension). Nouns belonging to this declension have a prop vowel ''-a-'' in their citation form; nouns with other vowels belong to the first consonant stem declension (and end in ''-e'' in their citation form), cf. second declension ''glūḫam'' (glūḫ-(a)m-) vs. first declension ''kämbune'' "berry" (kämbun-). | ||
* Nouns with vowel-final stems. | * Nouns with vowel-final stems. | ||
** The extremely common ''-a'' declension is a particular case, as it behaves in some forms like a consonant stem declension, and like a vowel stem in others. Both for ablauting and non-ablauting declensions, ''-a'' and ''-e'' declensions most likely marked some kind of noun class distinction in the proto-language, which has been lost in the evolution of what became Dundulanyä. | ** The extremely common ''-a'' declension is a particular case, as it behaves in some forms like a consonant stem declension, and like a vowel stem in others. Both for ablauting and non-ablauting declensions, ''-a'' and ''-e'' declensions most likely marked some kind of noun class distinction in the proto-language, which has been lost in the evolution of what became Dundulanyä. | ||