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====Nouns and adjectives==== | ====Nouns and adjectives==== | ||
Nouns do not decline for case. <!--However, | Nouns do not decline for case. | ||
Consonant-final singular nouns have a construct state formed by adding a final ''-a''. If the noun ends in a vowel, it does not change. Plural nouns also do not change <!--However, plural nouns instead change their ending (see the table below).--> | |||
There are two genders: masculine and feminine.The feminine is most often marked with the ending ''-ā''<!-- (which becomes ''-at'' in the construct case)-->. | There are two genders: masculine and feminine.The feminine is most often marked with the ending ''-ā''<!-- (which becomes ''-at'' in the construct case)-->. | ||
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|+ Declension of ''bān'' "clear" | |+ Declension of ''bān'' "clear" | ||
! rowspan="2"| Gender !! colspan="2"| Singular !! colspan="2"|Plural | ! rowspan="2"| Gender !! rowspan="2"| State !! colspan="2"| Singular !! colspan="2"|Plural | ||
|- | |- | ||
! indef. !! def. !! indef. !! def. | ! indef. !! def. !! indef. !! def. | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Masculine | ! rowspan="2"| Masculine | ||
| bān || hab-bān || bānīn || hab-bānīn | ! Absolute | ||
| bān || hab-bān || rowspan="2"| bānīn || rowspan="2"| hab-bānīn | |||
|- | |||
! Construct | |||
| bāna || hab-bāna | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2"| Feminine | |||
! Absolute | |||
| rowspan="2"| bānā || rowspan="2"| hab-bānā || rowspan="2"| bānān || rowspan="2"| hab-bānān | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Construct | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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Many adjectives and some nouns have a feminine in ''-ē'' instead of expected ''-ā''. | Many adjectives and some nouns have a feminine in ''-ē'' instead of expected ''-ā''. Adjectives ending in ''-ō'' generally have a feminine in ''-(a)wē'' (with the same stem in the plural). Examples of irregular adjectives are shown below: | ||
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