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Proto-Shalaic had 3 genders: inanimate (i), animate (a), and abstract (h). The abstract gender evolved to serve honorific functions in Shalaian, hence the abbreviation "h". | Proto-Shalaic had 3 genders: inanimate (i), animate (a), and abstract (h). The abstract gender evolved to serve honorific functions in Shalaian, hence the abbreviation "h". | ||
Proto-Shalaic nouns were marked for singular and dual and plural numbers | Proto-Shalaic nouns were marked for singular and dual and plural numbers. | ||
====Weak and strong nouns==== | ====Weak and strong nouns==== | ||
Shalaic nouns could have plurals marked with -ōk, -ā, -ī, ablaut and/or reduplication. Nouns pluralized with a suffix are ''weak nouns'' and nouns pluralized with stem changes are ''strong nouns''. | |||
Nouns are usually weak and take plurals marked with suffixes: 'star' is declined as ''ʕād'', ''li-ʕād'', ''ti-ʕād'', ..., with plural ''ʕādā''. There are collective broken plurals that are marked by lengthening the stem vowel. | Nouns are usually weak and take plurals marked with suffixes: 'star' is declined as ''ʕād'', ''li-ʕād'', ''ti-ʕād'', ..., with plural ''ʕādā''. There are collective broken plurals that are marked by lengthening the stem vowel. | ||