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====Grammatical case==== | ====Grammatical case==== | ||
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|The nominative case marks both the subject of an intransitive verb phrase and the agent of a transitive verb phrase. It is morphologically unmarked, recognized as a null-morpheme (written as ∅; glossed: NOM). The nominative singular form, being the least marked possible, is the citation form of a noun. | |||
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| • Accusative | |||
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| The accusative case marks the object/patient of a transitive verb and the . It is morphologically marked by the proposition tró (glossed: ACC.I); traditionally, a null-morpheme (∅, glossed: ACC.II) is marked as suffixed to the noun, probably by analogy with the genitive marking. The preposition tró triggers a second degree mutation in the following onset (see Onset mutations above). | |||
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| • Genitive | |||
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| The genitive case conveys the following meanings: origin (procedence, ablative and partitive genitive), posession (possessive genitive), topicality (“x-gen” → “about x”), [...]. | |||
''' | It is morphologically marked by the preposition ó (glossed GEN.I), which presents an excrecent r before a vowel, and the suffix -(e)n (glossed GEN.II); e.g. ór okren /ˈʔu̹ɾ ʔo̞.kɾe̞n/. The preposition ó triggers a first degree mutation in the following onset (see Onset mutations above). | ||
Some older genitive compounds, however, do not display the onset mutation of the second element (which follows the genitive preposition). For instance, the word hissóhéuren /ˈhi.sːu̹.hɘ.ju.ɾe̞n/ should be rendered as **hissókéuren /ˈhi.sːu̹.kɘ.ju.ɾe̞n/ (i.e. „hiddenly worm“, crysalis). This is part of the Discrepance on onset mutations controversy. | |||
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| • Dative | |||
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| The dative case marks the theme argument of a distransitive verb phrase. | |||
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| • Instrumental | |||
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| The instrumental case has two basic functions: a plain instrumental marking for nouns of the inanimate and indefinite genders, and a commitative marking for animate nouns. | |||
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| • Locative | |||
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| The locative functions as a general locative and adessive locative. Locative phrases can be concatenated to specify a particular location within a broader location stated before (e.g. "''bághirliftó, héuraftó''“, "in the grove, by the river"; "''tr‘ostaftó, órostenaftó lugraftó''", "by him/her, in his/her hand"). | |||
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| • Allative | |||
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| The allative marks, as a lative case, movement towards something. It can be used as a benefactive marker. With ditransitive verbs like "to inflict“, it marks the object/patient in stead of the accusative marker → «to.inflict {x}-DAT upon {Y}-ALL». | |||
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=====Declension particles and affixes===== | =====Declension particles and affixes===== | ||
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| {{sc|all}} || Allative || -(o)rion || -/o̞.ɾio̯n/ || suffix || ''þanerion'' /ˈθɑ.nɘ.ɾio̞n/ "homebound" | | {{sc|all}} || Allative || -(o)rion || -/o̞.ɾio̯n/ || suffix || ''þanerion'' /ˈθɑ.nɘ.ɾio̞n/ "homebound" | ||
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====Grammatical number==== | ====Grammatical number==== | ||
Here: singular vs. plural vs. collective | [Here: singular vs. plural vs. collective] | ||
=====· Plural marking===== | =====· Plural marking===== | ||
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====Definiteness==== | ====Definiteness==== | ||
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- When used to mark the subject of a verb in the imperative voice, it serves the function of a ''vocative'' marker. | - When used to mark the subject of a verb in the imperative voice, it serves the function of a ''vocative'' marker. | ||
====Other forms==== | ====Other forms==== | ||
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| Indefinite || {{sc|umlaut}}+''-isi'' || {´}(i)si || ‹´›-/isi/ || ‹''iarisi''›, ''sorrow'' (''little emptyness'') | | Indefinite || {{sc|umlaut}}+''-isi'' || {´}(i)si || ‹´›-/isi/ || ‹''iarisi''›, ''sorrow'' (''little emptyness'') | ||
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=====· Augmentatives===== | =====· Augmentatives===== | ||