Lifashian: Difference between revisions

Lifashian nouns distinguish two numbers (''hamári'', sg. ''hamár'') – '''singular''' (''enikás'') and '''plural''' (''pilifuntikás'') – and four cases (''pitósi'', sg. and pl.) – '''nominative''' (''lónamsyás'' or in older literature ''onomastikás''), '''genitive''' (''gyenikás''), '''dative''' (''dotikás''), and '''accusative''' (''eytiatikás'').<br/> Of these cases, the genitive is only found in the plural and in a few singular nominals, but not in nouns themselves. The PIE genitive singular has been replaced in nouns, by a form called the '''possessive''', which is an adjective with nominal declension; Lifashian shares this feature with the Luwian group and Lydian.

 

Nouns can belong to three different genders (''jensi'', sg. ''jens''), as in most IE languages, but not Anatolian ones: '''masculine''' (''turéssyás''), '''feminine''' (''ninfasyás''), or '''neuter''' (''udeterás'').

| — || mísy'''ám'''

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| mísy'''ah-''' || —

| — || gír'''ám'''

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| gír'''ah-''' || —

| — || pirt'''ám'''

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| pirt'''ah-''' || —

| — || líssy'''ehám'''

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| líssy'''áh-''' || —

| — || ninf'''ehám'''

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| ninf'''áh-''' || —

| — || giry'''ám'''

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| giry'''ah-''' || —

| — || zimestá'''m'''

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| zimestá'''h-''' || —

| — || mát'''irám'''

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| mát'''éh-''' || —

| — || fat'''irám'''

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| fat'''éh-''' || —

| — || jomm'''enám'''

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| jomm'''éh-''' || —

| — || lónam'''ám'''

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| lónam'''ih-''' || —

| — || rangg'''ám'''

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| rangg'''ih-''' || —