Dalecarlian strongly conjugated neuter nouns
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Generic Declension Pattern
The strong neuter nouns generically follow the following declension pattern:
| Indef Sing | Def Sing | Indef Plur | Def Plur | |
| Nom | stem + | | stem + | + ið | stem + | | stem + | + iñ |
| Ack | stem + | | stem + | + ið | stem + | | stem + | + iñ |
| Dat | stem + i | stem + i + ñu | stem + um | stem + um + iñ |
| Gen | stem + i + s | stem + i + s | stem + um + is | stem + um + i + s |
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Type A - Generic Pattern
'ship' Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom skip skipið skip skipiñ Ack skip skipið skip skipiñ Dat skipi skipiñu skipum skipumiñ Gen skipis skipis skipumis skipumis
Examples of nouns declined like skip:
- beitl ('bridle'),
- grunn ('base'),
- grjón ('corn food'),
- búr ('storage shed'),
- bórð ('table'),
- vit ('sense, intelligence'),
- fók ('people'),
- góf ('floor'),
- tak ('roof, ceiling'),
- fingr ('finger'),
- hakk ('chopped meat'),
- ling ('twigs, sprigs'),
- tjúg [tIu:G] ('score, twenty (of something)'),
- túg [tu:G] ('train'),
- míg [mi:G] ('urine'),
- djøgn ('day and night, 24 hours'),
- hagl ('hail, shot'),
- andlit ('cheek'),
- hjól ('wheel'),
- styfl ('boot'),
- vatn ('water'),
- kjøt ('meat'),
- smjør ('butter'),
- skyr ('thick soured milk'),
- sker ('cliff, rock'),
- føsstøf ('entrance hall, vestibule'),
- nef ('nose'),
- veðr ('weather').
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Type B - Stem Ending with -ð
'whip' Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom spóð spóð spóð spóðiñ Ack spóð spóð spóð spóðiñ Dat spóði spóðiñu spóðum spóðumiñ Gen spóðis spóðis spóðumis spóðumis (Note: The stem spóð- is actually a short one.)
Examples of nouns declined like spóð:
- sóð ('soup'), Note: The stem is short.
- bóð ('message, offer'), Note: The stem is short.
- blað ('page, leaf, blade'),
- hofuð ('head'). Note: In def. dat. sg. one has hofðiñu [ob`de~]
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Type C - Vowel Stem Ending
'knee' Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom kné knét [kni:tt] kné knéniñ Ack kné knét [kni:tt] kné knéniñ Dat kné knéniñu kném [kni:mm] knémiñ [kni:´mme] Gen knés knénis knémis [kni:´mmes] knémis [kni:´mmes]
Examples of nouns declined like kné:
- blý [bl\y:] ('lead'),
- frje ('seed, germ'),
- stra [stra:] ('straw'),
- bú [bu:] ('nest, lair')
- hay ('hay').
