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*'''Nominative''': Formed by removing any high tones in the word. | *'''Nominative''': Formed by removing any high tones in the word. | ||
*'''Genitive''': Any high tones in the word are removed, and a high tone is added to the final syllable. | *'''Genitive''': Any high tones in the word are removed, and a high tone is added to the final syllable. | ||
**Many nouns (especially feminine) also have an "indefinite genitive", which is formed with ''-eéd'', ''-aád'', or ''-oód''. ''-eéd'' is the most common | **Many nouns (especially feminine) also have an "indefinite genitive", which is formed with ''-eéd'', ''-aád'', or ''-oód''. ''-eéd'' is the most common. ''-oód'' is used for plurals (especially after a cardinal number). ''-aád'' is mostly used to form ordinal numeral. | ||
::e.g. ''dhár naagh<b>eéd</b>'' "women's clothes (in general)" vs. ''dhár naág'' "clothes of a (specific) woman" | ::e.g. ''dhár naagh<b>eéd</b>'' "women's clothes (in general)" vs. ''dhár naág'' "clothes of a (specific) woman" | ||
Special cases: | |||
*'''Plural''': Any high tones in the singular are removed, and only those of the plural suffixes are kept (which follow the same case patterns as the singular). | *'''Plural''': Any high tones in the singular are removed, and only those of the plural suffixes are kept (which follow the same case patterns as the singular). | ||
*'''K/t determiners''': When a noun has a k/t determiner with a tone, only the tone of the determiner is affected. If it has no high tone in the absolutive | ::e.g. ''nimoóyn'' "men (ABS)", ''nimooyn'' "men (NOM)", ''nimooýn'' "men (GEN)" | ||
*'''K/t determiners''': When a noun has a k/t determiner with a tone, only the tone of the determiner is affected. If it has no high tone in the absolutive, the word behaves as it would without the determiner. | |||
::e.g. Remote definite article: ''nínkíi'' "the man (ABS)", ''nínkii'' "the man (NOM)", ''nínkií'' "the man (GEN)" | |||
:::Regular definite article: ''nínki'' "the man (ABS)", ''ninki'' "the man (NOM)", ''nínki'' "the man (GEN)" | |||
===Particles=== | ===Particles=== | ||