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====Plurals==== | ====Plurals==== | ||
The plural of most nouns ends in ''-s'', or ''- | The plural of most nouns ends in ''-s'', or ''-is'' after a sibilant (e.g. ''apels'', ''huysis''). | ||
A few nouns have a rare plural in ''- | A few nouns have a rare plural in ''-(e)n'' or ''-er'': | ||
* '' | * ''ein'' 'eyes', ''ousen'' 'oxen', ''sceun'' 'shoes' | ||
* ''lamer'' 'lambs', ''caufer'' 'calves', ''childer'' 'children' | * ''lamer'' 'lambs', ''caufer'' 'calves' (sg. ''cauff''), ''souter'' 'sheep', ''childer'' 'children' (no sg.). | ||
There is also a small number of nouns with a change of vowel in the plural: | There is also a small number of nouns with a change of vowel in the plural: | ||
* ''man'' 'man' → ''men'', ''wiman'' 'woman' → ''wimen'', ''hand'' 'hand' → ''hend'' | * ''man'' 'man' → ''men'', ''wiman'' 'woman' → ''wimen'', ''hand'' 'hand' → ''hend'' | ||
* '' | * ''teuþ'' 'tooth' → ''teiþ'', ''feut'' 'foot' → ''feit'', ''geuṡ'' 'goose' → ''geiṡ'' | ||
* '' | * ''muyṡ'' 'mouse' → ''miys'', ''cuy'' 'cow' → ''ciy'', ''luyṡ'' 'louse' → ''liyṡ''. | ||
====Genitive==== | ====Genitive==== | ||
The genitive has two forms: | The genitive has two forms: | ||
* the '''dependent''' genitive is used directly before a noun or noun phrase and is unmarked (e.g.'' 't man | * the '''dependent''' genitive is used directly before a noun or noun phrase and is unmarked (e.g.'' 't man huyṡ'' 'the man's house', ''his faðer sun'' 'his father's son'). | ||
* the '''independent''' genitive usually occurs as the complement in a copular construction and is marked with ''-s'' (''- | * the '''independent''' genitive usually occurs as the complement in a copular construction and is marked with ''-s'' (''-is'' after a sibilant; e.g.'' 't huyṡ is Cetels'' 'the house is Cetel's', ''ðat 's his faðers'' 'that's his fathers'). | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||