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Almost all nouns in Ilda end in the suffix ''-as'' or ''-ās''. This feature comes from [[Proto-Yeldhic]], which used the suffix ''*-ḗs''<ref>Derived from Etzeá ''-oéẕ''.</ref> to denote nouns in the [[w:Genitive case|genitive case]], although some linguists believe that the genitive suffix was ''*-sḡa''<ref>Derived from Burodi ''-skœ''.</ref>, and that instead the Ilda suffix was derived from the Proto-Yeldhic [[w:Accusative case|accusative]] suffix, ''*-Vḵs''.

Ilda has three noun cases- the '''[[w:Genitive case|genitive case]]''', the '''[[w:Accusative case|accusative case]]''' and the '''[[w:Dative case|dative case]]'''.

The genitive case is denoted with the suffix ''-aska/āska'', save for the word ''[[Contionary:tāsnaq|tāsnaq]]''(meaning "horse"), where instead the prefix ''o-'' is used. The suffix most likely comes from the Proto-Yeldhic inset ''-asẘa-''. The prefix ''o-'' most likely comes from Proto-Ildaïc, where the prefix ''ṓ-'' was used to denote possession of an object<ref>This feature is not found in Proto-Yeldhic.</ref>.<br>

'''Example:''' ''Us otāsnaq uswas''(The ''height of '' the horse)

The accusative case is indicated with the suffix ''-aswa'' or ''-āswa''. It originates in the [[Proto-Yeldhic]] suffix ''*-aʕʷḗ''<ref>Derived from Maranz ''-ikhawė'' and Ancient Ulmic ''*-(i)qṹwl''.</ref>, which represented a [[w:Direct object pronoun|direct object pronoun]].

'''Example:''' ''Kunās irodin us [[Contionary:dinuγ|dinuγāswa]].''(She greeted the ''dog'')

'''Example:''' ''Okimet iptim us [[Contionary:dinuγ|iswodinuγ]].''(Okimet gives ''to'' the dog)