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* Dlàv- ‘Dlav (language)’, nouns like that, lacking an interfix, are often called root nouns.
* Dlàv- ‘Dlav (language)’, nouns like that, lacking an interfix, are often called root nouns.
* Dlv-ey- ‘a Dlav speaker’, with an interfix, nouns with an interfix are called stem nouns.
* Dlv-ey- ‘a Dlav speaker’, with an interfix, nouns with an interfix are called stem nouns.
* Dlv-i-ra ‘a Dlav speaker’, with a suffix.
* Dlv-i-ra ‘a fluent Dlav speaker’, with a suffix.


Interfixes and suffixes always zero grade the preceding element. Zero grade nouns don't change.
Interfixes and suffixes always zero grade the preceding element. Zero grade nouns don't change.
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Dlav nouns inflect by case and number:
Dlav nouns inflect by case and number:
* Twelve cases: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental, abessive, comitative, inessive, adessive, allative, ablative and elative.
* Twelve cases: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental, abessive, comitative, inessive, adessive, allative, ablative and elative.
** Of which, five are strong (i.e. keep the original grade of the word): nominative, accusative, instrumental, inessive and ablative
** Five are weak, counterparting the strong cases: genitive, dative, abessive, allative and elative
** Two are neuter, lacking counterparts and having reduplicative nature: adessive and comitative.
* Two genders: animate and inanimate.
* Two numbers: singular and plural.
* Two numbers: singular and plural.


The animate declension has the following paradigma:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
! Number
! Number
! Case
! Case
! strong (originally full grade) declension
! strong (originally full grade)declension
! weak (originally zero grade) declension
! weak (originally zero grade) declension
|-
|-
!rowspan=12| Singular
!rowspan=12| Singular
! {{small|nom.}}
! {{small|nom.}}
|  
| Dlàv (-∅)
|  
| Ney (-∅)
|-
|-
! {{small|acc.}}
! {{small|acc.}}¹
|  
| Dlàv-m
|  
| Ney-ñ
|-
|-
! {{small|dat.}}
! {{small|dat.}}¹
|  
| Dlv-mà
|  
| Niey-ñ
|-
|-
! {{small|gen.}}
! {{small|gen.}}
|  
| Dlv (-∅)
|  
| Niey (-∅)
|-
|-
! {{small|ins.}}
! {{small|ins.}}²
|  
| Dlàv-ź
|  
| Ney-ź
|-
|-
! {{small|abe.}}
! {{small|abe.}}²
|  
| Dlv-źà
|  
| Niey-ź
|-
|-
! {{small|com.}}
! {{small|com.}}³
|  
| Dlàv-à
|  
| Ney-n
|-
|-
! {{small|ine.}}
! {{small|ine.}}
|  
| Dlàv-eꜣ
|  
| Ney-eꜣ
|-
|-
! {{small|ade.}}
! {{small|ade.}}
|  
| Dlàv-dlv
|  
| Ney-ni
|-
|-
! {{small|all.}}
! {{small|all.}}
|  
| Dlv-àꜣ
|  
| Niey-eꜣ
|-
|-
! {{small|abl.}}
! {{small|abl.}}
|  
| Dlàv-b
|  
| Ney-ḏ
|-
|-
! {{small|ela.}}
! {{small|ela.}}
|
| Dlv-bà
|
| Niey-ḏ
|}
|}
ᵃ With mobile vowel. <br>
¹ The nasal mora always suffers sandhi after a consonant. If there is no consonant, /n/ is applied. <br>
² The palatal sibilant mora always suffer voice sandhi after a consonant. If there is no consonant, /ɕ/ is applied. <br>
³ The root vowel is reduplicated. <br>
⁴ The reverse grade is reduplicated. <br>
⁵ The plosive mora always suffers sandhi after a consonant, both in voice and articulation. If there is no consonant, /t/ is applied.