Nominal paradigm

Class III

  short stem long stem -ain
rain, tain all others
Singular  
nominative mudh asel tain idain
genitive/ablative mudhei aselei tainei idanei, idainei
dative/illative mudhen aselen tainen idanen, idainen
accusative mudha, mudhea aselea taina, tainea idanea
locative/instrumental mudhie aselie tainie idanie, idainie
vocative mudhe asle, asele tain, taine idane, idaine
Plural  
nominative mudhi aseli taini idaini
genitive/ablative mudheni asleni taineni idaneni, idaineni
dative/illative mudhene aslene tainene idanene, idainene
accusative mudhena aslena tainena idanena
locative/instrumental mudhene aslene tainene idanene, idainene
vocative mudhie aslie taini, tainie idanie, idainie

Where -ai- alternates with -a-, the -ai- is usually only a writing convention to indicate that the -a- is stressed; it is pronounced /a/ (even if written -ai-), except in a few dialects. In tain "deity" and rain "hand", however, the -ai- remains and is always pronounced.

  stems in semivowel
-y -u
Singular  
nominative moy lau
genitive/ablative moyi laui
dative/illative moyen lauen
accusative moya laua
locative/instrumental moye laue
vocative moye laue
Plural  
nominative moyi laui
genitive/ablative moyeni laueni
dative/illative moyene lauene
accusative moyena lauena
locative/instrumental moyene lauene
vocative moyi, moye laui

Restyled 08-Sep-2002