Class of declension in Nûrlâm affects the form of cases and in other dialects also plural number. This term is applicable mainly to nouns and pronouns but also to adjectives and even case postpositions. There are only two classes for all lexical categories:
I | words ending with consonants |
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II | words ending with vowels or diphthongs |
noun | case suffix | plural form | English translation |
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tark (I) | -ob (I, GEN, “of”) | tark-ob-û | of men |
tark (I) | -ri (II, ITRT, “among”) | tark-ri-z | among men |
mau (II) | -ûr (I, DAT, “for”) | mau-z-ûr-û | for warriors |
mau (II) | -irzi (II, INS, “by”) | mau-rzi-z | by warriors |