Glommish/Middle: Difference between revisions

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! colspan="4" | '''''~~tag~~; ~~tagā (-a)~~''<br> day m.

! colspan="4" | '''''dag; dagar ''<br> day m.

! colspan="4" | '''''~~wort~~; ~~wort~~''<br> word n.

! colspan="4" | '''''wurd; wurda''<br> word

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! colspan="2" | '''Singular'''

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*The situation with long-stemmed dissyllabic nouns ending in '''-al''', '''-ar''' and '''-an''' is the same as for the corresponding masculines, e.g. nominative '''zwīfal''' "doubt", genitive '''zwīfles'''.

*Diminutives in '''-īn''' and '''-līn''', e.g. '''magatīn''' "little maid" (neuter!), '''fingarlīn''' "little finger", are declined the same except in the [[Upper German]] dialects. In those dialects, final '''-n''' is dropped in the nominative and accusative, and furthermore in [[Alemannic German|Allemannic]] the nominative and accusative plural end in '''-iu'''.

===The -ja declension===

This declension was really just the '''-a''' declension with a '''j''' immediately preceding. However, due to various sound laws, a new declension subcategory has arisen that does not exactly follow the form of the plain '''-a''' declension. Similar developments occurred in Greek and the Slavic languages, among others.

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-! colspan="4" | '''''tag; tagā (-a)''<br> day m.
+! colspan="4" | '''''dag; dagar ''<br> day m.
-! colspan="4" | '''''wort; wort''<br> word n.
+! colspan="4" | '''''wurd; wurda''<br> word
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 ! colspan="2" | '''Singular'''
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 *The situation with long-stemmed dissyllabic nouns ending in '''-al''', '''-ar''' and '''-an''' is the same as for the corresponding masculines, e.g. nominative '''zwīfal''' "doubt", genitive '''zwīfles'''.
 *Diminutives in '''-īn''' and '''-līn''', e.g. '''magatīn''' "little maid" (neuter!), '''fingarlīn''' "little finger", are declined the same except in the [[Upper German]] dialects.  In those dialects, final '''-n''' is dropped in the nominative and accusative, and furthermore in [[Alemannic German|Allemannic]] the nominative and accusative plural end in '''-iu'''.
 ===The -ja declension===
 This declension was really just the '''-a''' declension with a '''j''' immediately preceding.  However, due to various sound laws, a new declension subcategory has arisen that does not exactly follow the form of the plain '''-a''' declension.  Similar developments occurred in Greek and the Slavic languages, among others.