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====Loan declension==== | ====Loan declension==== | ||
Masculine and neuter words from Latin, Greek and Lithuanian remove their original nominative singular endings when declined. | Masculine and neuter words from Latin, Greek and Lithuanian remove their original nominative singular endings when declined. | ||
*Second-declension nouns follow the ''wylc'' declension: for example, ''soċialismus'' 'socialism', '' | *Second-declension nouns follow the ''wylc'' declension: for example, ''soċialismus'' 'socialism', ''mỳthos'' 'myth', ''Mindaugas'' 'Mindaugas (Lithuanian name)'. | ||
*There is a tendency to keep nominative and oblique stems separate where the original languages do; this includes nouns such as ''thema, themata, thematu, thematu''. | *There is a tendency to keep nominative and oblique stems separate where the original languages do; this includes nouns such as ''thema, themata, thematu, thematu''. | ||
*Second-declension words in ''-um'' or ''-on'' follow the ''slowo'' or ''saiꞃthe'' declension: for example, ''practicum'' 'internship'; '' | *Second-declension words in ''-um'' or ''-on'' follow the ''slowo'' or ''saiꞃthe'' declension: for example, ''practicum'' 'internship'; ''critèrion'' 'criterion'. | ||
*Nouns in ''-oe'' (for example, ''Athoenoe'' 'Athena') decline as feminine ''-e'' nouns; ''-ia'' nouns are a declension class of their own. | *Nouns in ''-oe'' (for example, ''Athoenoe'' 'Athena') decline as feminine ''-e'' nouns; ''-ia'' nouns are a declension class of their own. | ||
*More unusual declensions are normatively treated as having one of the regular native declensions. The plural of ''oethos'' is ''oethosy''; using forms such as ''oethy'' would be hypercorrect. | *More unusual declensions are normatively treated as having one of the regular native declensions. The plural of ''oethos'' is ''oethosy''; using forms such as ''oethy'' would be hypercorrect. | ||
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! colspan=2| '' | ! colspan=2| ''mìthos'' (m.) = myth | ||
! colspan=2| ''practicum'' (n.) = internship | ! colspan=2| ''practicum'' (n.) = internship | ||
! colspan=2| '' | ! colspan=2| ''critèrion'' (n.) = criterion | ||
! colspan=2| ''geometria'' (f.) = geometry | ! colspan=2| ''geometria'' (f.) = geometry | ||
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|align="right"|'''Nominative''' | |align="right"|'''Nominative''' | ||
|'' | |''mỳthos'' ||''mỳthy'' | ||
|''practicum'' ||''practica'' | |''practicum'' ||''practica'' | ||
|'' | |''critèrion'' ||''critèria'' | ||
|''geometria'' || ''geometrii'' | |''geometria'' || ''geometrii'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right"|'''Genitive''' | |align="right"|'''Genitive''' | ||
|'' | |''mỳtha'' ||''mỳthow'' | ||
|''practica'' ||''practic'' | |''practica'' ||''practic'' | ||
|'' | |''critèria'' ||''critèriì'' | ||
|''geometrii'' || ''geometriì'' | |''geometrii'' || ''geometriì'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right" |'''Dative''' | |align="right" |'''Dative''' | ||
|'' | |''mỳthu'' ||''mỳthum'' | ||
|''practicu'' ||''practicum'' | |''practicu'' ||''practicum'' | ||
|'' | |''critèrii'' ||''critèriim'' | ||
|''geometrie'' || ''geometriim'' | |''geometrie'' || ''geometriim'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right" |'''Allative''' | |align="right" |'''Allative''' | ||
|'' | |''mỳthos'' ||''mỳthy'' | ||
|''practicum'' ||''practica'' | |''practicum'' ||''practica'' | ||
|'' | |''critèrion'' ||''critèrii'' | ||
|''geometrii'' || ''geometrii'' | |''geometrii'' || ''geometrii'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align="right" |'''Vocative''' | |align="right" |'''Vocative''' | ||
|'' | |''mỳthe!'' ||''mỳthy!'' | ||
|''practicum!'' ||''practica!'' | |''practicum!'' ||''practica!'' | ||
|'' | |''critèrion!'' ||''critèria!'' | ||
|''geometrio!'' || ''geometrii'' | |''geometrio!'' || ''geometrii'' | ||
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