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Possessive pronouns are less frequently used than the genitive personal pronoun. It is argued that possessive pronouns have recently taken over the function of the vocative when referring to possessions, as words for which previously the vocative may have been used are now always preceded by a possessive pronoun, and if no direct personal possessive relation is present a placeholder "eð" is used instead. | Possessive pronouns are less frequently used than the genitive personal pronoun. It is argued that possessive pronouns have recently taken over the function of the vocative when referring to possessions, as words for which previously the vocative may have been used are now always preceded by a possessive pronoun, and if no direct personal possessive relation is present a placeholder "eð" is used instead. | ||
Possessive pronouns referring to masculine and neuter words are declined using the same suffixes as nouns, which are affixed to the following roots: | Possessive pronouns referring to masculine and neuter words are declined using the same suffixes as nouns, which are affixed to the following roots: | ||
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Possessive pronouns referring to neuter words have their own seperate declension. | |||
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|+ Possessive pronouns referring to | |+ Possessive pronouns referring to neuter words | ||
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! colspan="2" rowspan="3" | !! colspan="5" | Singular !! colspan="5" | Plural | ! colspan="2" rowspan="3" | !! colspan="5" | Singular !! colspan="5" | Plural | ||