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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Iscégon has two main regular noun declensions, with, however, lots of exceptions. The two declensions are somewhat predictable as they were simple regular agglutinating suffixes in Proto-Evandorian, and their divergence is the result of vowel harmony. Íscégon nouns decline for two numbers (singular and plural) and five cases: nominative, accusative, locative, ablative, and lative - the same stock as in reconstructed Proto-Evandorian and other ancient or conservative Evandorian languages (like Ancient Nivarese, Holenagic, and Gathura). | Iscégon has two main regular noun declensions, with, however, lots of exceptions. The two declensions are somewhat predictable as they were simple regular agglutinating suffixes in Proto-Evandorian, and their divergence is the result of vowel harmony. Íscégon nouns decline for two numbers (singular and plural) and five cases: nominative, accusative, locative, ablative, and lative - the same stock as in reconstructed Proto-Evandorian and other ancient or conservative Evandorian languages (like Ancient Nivarese, Holenagic, and Gathura).<br/> | ||
Note that the second declension has two different patterns for words with final ''-c'' or ''-g'' and those with all other (or no) consonants. | |||
Many nouns are learned with two forms, as the nominative through sound changes has lost final consonants that reappear in other parts of the declension, namely: | Many nouns are learned with two forms, as the nominative through sound changes has lost final consonants that reappear in other parts of the declension, namely: | ||
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* In lative singular and all plural forms except locative for the second declension. | * In lative singular and all plural forms except locative for the second declension. | ||
Example table (''ructó'' < PEv *roktog ; ''quolé'' < PEv *kweltek): | Nouns with a final consonant even in the nominative (as ''útin'' in the table below) have identical nominative and accusative singular. | ||
Example table (''ructó'' < PEv *roktog ; ''útin'' < PEv *öfektem ; ''quolé'' < PEv *kweltek): | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=3 | !! colspan=2 | First declension !! colspan=2 | Second declension | ! rowspan=3 | !! colspan=2 | First declension !! colspan=2 | Second declension !! colspan=2 | Second declension (-c, -g) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | ructó, ructog- "hawk" !! colspan=2 | quolé, quolec- "boar" | ! colspan=2 | ructó, ructog- "hawk" !! colspan=2 | útin/m- "tree" !! colspan=2 | quolé, quolec- "boar" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Singular !! Plural !! Singular !! Plural | ! Singular !! Plural !! Singular !! Plural !! Singular !! Plural | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Nominative | ! Nominative | ||
| ructó || ructogaur || quolé || quolequer | | ructó || ructogaur || rowspan=2 | útin || útimér || quolé || quolequer | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Accusative | ! Accusative | ||
| ructót || ructogót || quolét || quolequét | | ructót || ructogót || útimét || quolét || quolequét | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Locative | ! Locative | ||
| ructóduá || ructogórduá || quoléduá || quolérduá | | ructóduá || ructogórduá || útinduá || útimérduá || quoléduá || quolérduá | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Ablative | ! Ablative | ||
| ructógú || ructogórú || quolégí || quolequégí | | ructógú || ructogórú || útingí || útimégí || quolégí || quolequégí | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Lative | ! Lative | ||
| ructón || ructogórón || quolexin || quolequésin | | ructón || ructogórón || útinsin || útimésin || quolexin || quolequésin | ||
|} | |} | ||