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There are three classes of masculine noun: | There are three classes of masculine noun: | ||
*hard stem (may be subject to umlaut) ''[[Contionary:wich|wich]]'' | *hard stem (may be subject to umlaut) ''[[Contionary:wich|wich]]'' ("road, way") | ||
*soft stem ''[[Contionary:kunnj|kunnj]]'' | *soft stem ''[[Contionary:kunnj|kunnj]]'' ("tribe, race") | ||
*mixed (may be subject to umlaut in the singular) ''[[Contionary:sun|sun]]'' | *mixed (may be subject to umlaut in the singular) ''[[Contionary:sun|sun]]'' ("son") | ||
There are four classes of feminine noun: | There are four classes of feminine noun: | ||
*hard simple stem ''[[Contionary:blum|blum]]'' | *hard simple stem ''[[Contionary:blum|blum]]'' ("flower") | ||
*soft simple stem ''[[Contionary:sullj|sullj]]'' | *soft simple stem ''[[Contionary:sullj|sullj]]'' ("sole") | ||
*hard N-stem ''[[Contionary:trega|trega]]'' | *hard N-stem ''[[Contionary:trega|trega]]'' ("sadness") | ||
*soft N-stem ''[[Contionary:snuria|snuria]]'', ''[[Contionary:szuke|szuke]]'' | *soft N-stem ''[[Contionary:snuria|snuria]]'' ("plait, braid"), ''[[Contionary:szuke|szuke]]'' ("sickness") | ||
In addition, nouns with polysyllabic stems may be subject to syncopation, although this does not affect the class into which they are sorted. | In addition, nouns with polysyllabic stems may be subject to syncopation, although this does not affect the class into which they are sorted. | ||