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| ===Nouns=== | | ===Nouns=== |
| {{PAGENAME}} nouns have 2 numbers and 4 cases, but the nominative has merged with the accusative, and the dative with the genitive. Unusually for a Germanic language, there is no grammatical gender. The endings are fairly conservative. However, there has been some conflation between different declension paradigms. | | {{PAGENAME}} nouns do not inflect by case. Plurals are most often formed by tone change. |
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| The indefinite article is indeclinable: ''e'' is used before consonants and ''en'' before vowels. The definite article is likewise always ''se''.
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| ====a-stems====
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| Also includes the an-stem nouns (which have regularized their declension).
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| ! colspan="3" | a-stem: ''dal'' 'valley'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''dal'' || ''dale''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''dale'' || ''dalem''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | a-stem: ''namen'' 'name'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''namen'' || ''namne''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''namne'' || ''namnem''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | ja-stem: ''baś'' 'berry'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''baś'' || ''basi''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''basi'' || ''basim''
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| ====Vowel stems====
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| This class also includes the former ō-stems and u-stems (whose stems end in a hard consonant) and former i-stems, īn-stems and z-stems (whose stems end in a soft consonant).
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | ō-stem: ''nasa'' 'nose'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''nasa'' || ''nasar''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''nasar'' || ''nasam''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | u-stem: ''süda'' 'ritual'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''süda'' || ''südar''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''südar'' || ''südam''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | i-stem: ''burzie'' 'birth'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''burzie'' || ''burzier''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''burzier'' || ''burziem''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | īn-stem: ''langinie'' 'length'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''langinie'' || ''langinier''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''langinier'' || ''langiniem''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | z-stem: ''lambie'' 'lamb'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''lambie'' || ''lambier''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''lambier'' || ''lambiem''
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| |}
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| ====r-stems====
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| This class includes only these kinship terms: ''fadier'' 'father', ''mādier'' 'mother', ''brāzier'' 'brother', ''ductier'' 'daughter', ''süesdier'' 'sister'.
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | r-stem: ''fadier'' 'father'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''fadier'' || ''fadrar''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''fadrar'' || ''fadram''
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| ====Other irregular nouns====
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| ! colspan="3" | ''mon'' 'man'
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Case
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''mon'' || ''manier''
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''manier'' || ''monam''
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| ===Pronouns=== | | ===Pronouns=== |