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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''. | 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 '' | Nouns are usually weak and take plurals marked with suffixes: 'star' is declined as ''ʕā́d'', ''li-ʕā́d'', ''ti-ʕā́d'', ..., with plural ''ʕādā''. There were broken plurals marked by lengthening the stem vowel; these often developed into singular nouns in Shalaian. | ||
Inalienably possessed nouns are always pluralized with stem changes, like Arabic broken plurals: ʔəmmā́ "mother", ʔəmā́m "mothers". | Inalienably possessed nouns are always pluralized with stem changes, like Arabic broken plurals: ʔəmmā́ "mother", ʔəmā́m "mothers". | ||