Dalecarlian weakly conjugated feminine nouns
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Generic Declension Pattern I
The weak feminine nouns with ending -a generically follow the following declension pattern:
| Indef Sing | Def Sing | Indef Plur | Def Plur | |
| Nom | stem + a | stem + a + ñ | stem + ur | stem + u + ñer |
| Ack | stem + u | stem + u + ña | stem + ur | stem + u + ñer |
| Dat | stem + u | stem + u + ni | stem + um | stem + um+iñ |
| Gen | stem + u + s | stem + u + ni+s | stem + um + is | stem + um + i + s |
There is also a (frozen) genitive -ur. Example: et messur ('to [the] mass').
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Generic Declension Pattern II
The strong feminine nouns with ending -i generically follow the following declension pattern: <p>
| Indef Sing | Def Sing | Indef Plur | Def Plur | |
| Nom | stem + i | stem + i + ñ | stem + er | stem + a + ñer |
| Ack | stem + i | stem + i + ña | stem + er | stem + a + ñer |
| Dat | stem + i | stem + i + ni | stem + um | stem + um+iñ |
| Gen | stem + i + s | stem + i + ni+s | stem + um + is | stem + um + i + s |
There is also a (frozen) genitive -er.
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Type IA - Generic Pattern
'aunt' Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom tytta tyttañ tyttur tyttuñer Ack tyttu tyttuña tyttur tyttuñer Dat tyttu tyttuni tyttum tyttumiñ Gen tyttus tyttunis tyttumis tyttumis Examples of nouns declined like tytta:
- kjørkja ('church'),
- kelda ('source, well'),
- kessa ('child ski'),
- grâkka [gro~`kkA] ('spruce tree'),
- delta ('ski slope bump'),
- bía [bi:`A] ('bee'),
- rófa ('turnip'),
- slunga ('female cousine'),
- seiga ('land which is difficult to cultivate'),
- jarga ('verdigris'),
- kulla ('girl'),
- gretla ('pasture land').
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Type IB - Short Stem
'open channel
in ice'Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom gjølå gjølåñ gjølur gjøluñer Ack gjølu gjøluña gjølur gjøluñer Dat gjølu gjøluni gjølum gjørumiñ Gen gjølus gjølunis gjølumis gjølumis Examples of nouns declined like gjølå:
- snerå ('snare, trap'),
- låðå ('barn'),
- rennskitå ('diarrhea'),
- flåkå ('thin plate'),
- stugå ('cabin, cottage'),
- rekå ('shovel'),
- vikå ('week'),
- troðå [trO'DO] ('pedal'),
- linå ('rope, wire, line').
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Type IC - Phonetically Complicated Stem Ending
'box' Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom láðra [l\o:`DEr] láðrañ láðrur láðruñer Ack láðru [l\o:`DEr] láðruña láðrur láðruñer Dat láðru [l\o:`DEr] láðruni láðrum láðrumiñ Gen láðrus [l\o:`DEr'es] láðrunis láðrumis láðrumis Examples of nouns declined like láðer:
- sįgstra ('cockroach'),
- kragna ('crown'),
- jemna ('flat land'),
- kvegla ('cone'),
- blaðra ('rash'),
- blóðigla ('leech').
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Type IIA - Generic Pattern
'bride' Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom brúði brúðiñ brúðer brúðañer Ack brúði brúðiña brúðer brúðañer Dat brúði brúðini [brAU:´ne] brúðum brúðumiñ Gen brúðis brúðinis [brAU:´nes] brúðumis brúðumis Examples of nouns declined like brúði:
- ermi ('sleeve'),
- øfi ('river')
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Type IIB - Apocopated Generic Pattern
'bog' Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom mýri mýriñ mýrer mýrañer Ack mýri mýriña mýrer mýrañer Dat mýri mýrni mýrum mýrumiñ Gen mýris mýrnis mýrumis mýrumis Examples of nouns declined like mýri:
- byrði [b9:r`de] ('burden'),
- øksi ('axe'),
- rąysi [rE~:`se] ('cairn'),
- hilli ('shelf'),
- athǽfi ('gesture')
- herði ('shoulder').
