Peshpeg: Difference between revisions
Merged fourth declension dative and oblique cases (both sg and pl forms) into one |
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! Oblique | ! Oblique | ||
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| pifnik | | pifnik | ||
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The plural form is the unmarked form, whereas the Singulative is marked with the suffix | The plural form is the unmarked form, whereas the Singulative is marked with the suffix -s. Often this suffix elides the final consonant of the noun root. | ||
Second declension nouns characteristically lose their final root vowel in the non-Direct cases. | Second declension nouns characteristically lose their final root vowel in the non-Direct cases. | ||
Ablaut in the non-Direct cases is a feature of third declension nouns. | Ablaut in the non-Direct cases is a feature of third declension nouns. Generally the root vowel of the noun changes to an /e/ or /ɪ,i/ if the root vowel is /a, /æ/; nevertheless, in the majority of cases the ablaut patterns must be memorized. | ||
For all cases, the Oblique case marker is | For all cases, the Oblique case marker is -k, or in the case of first declension nouns, -ka, but a preceding /g/ causes the affix to elide to it, as in the case of peshpega (not *peshpegka). | ||
The fourth declension is associated with abstract nouns. | The fourth declension is associated with abstract nouns. Note that the Dative has merged with the Oblique. | ||
===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||