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* A -ρ ''-r'' on a stressed case ending is dropped, but turns to -σ ''-s'' before suffixes beginning with τ-. For example: ιατρόρ ''jatrór'' = a doctor; ιατρόμου ''jatrómu'' = my doctor; ιατρόστου ''jatróstu'' 'his doctor'. | * A -ρ ''-r'' on a stressed case ending is dropped, but turns to -σ ''-s'' before suffixes beginning with τ-. For example: ιατρόρ ''jatrór'' = a doctor; ιατρόμου ''jatrómu'' = my doctor; ιατρόστου ''jatróstu'' 'his doctor'. | ||
Possession by nouns must be double-marked. The possessed noun must take the gender-appropriate possessive suffix. | Possession by nouns must be double-marked. The possessed noun must take the gender-appropriate possessive suffix. (This is a result of reanalysis of the older genitive definite article του, της, των between the noun and the possessor as a possessive affix.) | ||
* ιατρόστου Ιάνιου ''jatróstu Jaňu'' 'John's doctor' | * ιατρόστου Ιάνιου ''jatróstu Jaňu'' 'John's doctor' | ||
* ιατρόστηι Αγάθηι ''jatrósťe Agáťhe'' 'Agatha's doctor' | * ιατρόστηι Αγάθηι ''jatrósťe Agáťhe'' 'Agatha's doctor' | ||