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Some Skyrdagor nouns feature obligatory possession, for example the stem ''bajn-'' (mother) cannot occur without a possessive suffix, i.e. ''bajnym'' "my mother", ''bajnth'' "your (<small>M</small>) mother". Most are common stems, such as ''fon-'' (father), ''szyks-'' (leg), ''ljav-'' (head)... The word stem ''kivly-'' (hand) is obligatorily possessed, but it also has the form ''kivlah'' that acts as the numeral "five".
Some Skyrdagor nouns feature obligatory possession, for example the stem ''bajn-'' (mother) cannot occur without a possessive suffix, i.e. ''bajnym'' "my mother", ''bajnth'' "your (<small>M</small>) mother". Most are common stems, such as ''fon-'' (father), ''szyks-'' (leg), ''ljav-'' (head)... The word stem ''kivly-'' (hand) is obligatorily possessed, but it also has the form ''kivlah'' that acts as the numeral "five".


The only inflection in contemporary Skyrdagor - the ergative, as the absolutive is unmarked - is agglutinative, but the last consonant and, sometimes, the last vowel, determines the shape of the suffix:
The only inflection in contemporary Skyrdagor the ergative, as the absolutive is unmarked is agglutinative, but the last consonant and, sometimes, the last vowel, determines the shape of the suffix:
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