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| ===Nouns=== | | ===Nouns=== |
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| Peshpeg nouns fall into one of four declensions, based on the shape and/or behaviour of the nominal root. Four cases are recognized, although the second and fourth declensions are defective. Irregularities are common.
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| ! rowspan="3"| Case
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| ! colspan="8" | Noun Classes
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| ! colspan="2" | First Declension
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| ! colspan="2" |Second Declension
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| ! colspan="2" |Third Declension
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| ! colspan="2" |Fourth Declension
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| ! Singulative
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| ! Plural
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| ! Singulative
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| ! Plural
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| ! Singulative
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| ! Plural
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| ! Singulative
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| ! Plural
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| ! Direct
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| | peshpegas
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| | peshpega
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| | nafos
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| | nafon
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| | paefnes
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| | paefne
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| | kirs
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| | kirm
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| ! Construct
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| | peshpegas
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| | peshpegan
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| | nafnes
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| | nafnen
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| | pefes
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| | pefen
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| | kirmos
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| | kirmon
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| ! Dative
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| | peshpeganas
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| | peshpegana
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| | colspan="2" style="text-align: center| nafnesi
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| | pefnas
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| | pefna
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| |colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center| kirmok
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| ! Oblique
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| | peshpegas
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| | peshpega
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| | nafnis
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| | nafnik
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| | pifnis
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| | pifnik
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| ! Meaning
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| | colspan="2" style="text-align: center|man, human being
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| | colspan="2" style="text-align: center|bone
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| | colspan="2" style="text-align: center| tree
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| | colspan="2" style="text-align: center|speech
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| |}
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| The plural form is the unmarked form, whereas the Singulative is marked with the suffix -s. Often this suffix elides the final consonant of the noun root.
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| Second declension nouns characteristically lose their final root vowel in the non-Direct cases.
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| Ablaut in the non-Direct cases is a feature of third declension nouns. Generally the root vowel of the noun changes to an /e/ or /ɪ,i/ if the root vowel is /a, /æ/; nevertheless, in the majority of cases the ablaut patterns must be memorized.
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| For all cases, the Oblique case marker is -k, or in the case of first declension nouns, -ka, but a preceding /g/ causes the affix to elide to it, as in the case of peshpega (not *peshpegka).
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| The fourth declension is associated with abstract nouns. Note that the Dative has merged with the Oblique.
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| ===Articles=== | | ===Articles=== |