Dalecarlian weakly conjugated neuter nouns
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Generic Declension Pattern I
The weak neuter nouns with ending -a generically follow the following declension pattern:
| Indef Sing | Def Sing | Indef Plur | Def Plur | |
| Nom | stem + a | stem + a + ð | stem + a | stem + u + ñ |
| Ack | stem + a | stem + a + ð | stem + a | stem + u + ñ |
| Dat | stem + a | stem + a + ñu | stem + um | stem + um+iñ |
| Gen | stem + a + s | stem + a + |+s | stem + um + is | stem + um + i + s |
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Generic Declension Pattern II
The strong neuter nouns with ending -i generically follow the following declension pattern: <p>
| Indef Sing | Def Sing | Indef Plur | Def Plur | |
| Nom | stem + i | stem + i + ð | stem + i | stem + i + ñ |
| Ack | stem + i | stem + i + ð | stem + i | stem + i + ñ |
| 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 I - Generic Pattern
'heart' Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom hjarta hjartað hjarta hjartuñ Ack hjarta hjartað hjarta hjartuñ Dat hjarta hjartañu hjartum hjartumiñ Gen hjartas hjartas hjartumis hjartumis Examples of nouns declined like hjarta:
- ouga ('eye'),
- ayra ('ear'),
- njasta ('ball of wool'),
- njóra ('kidney'),
- mjalta ('spleen'),
- glaða ('shiny bark'),
- flota ('float'),
- stikka ('splinter').
Note that nouns of this group never end with -å.
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Type II - Generic Pattern
'whetstone' Indef Sing Def Sing Indef Plur Def Plur Nom brýni brýnið brýni brýniñ Ack brýni brýnið brýni brýniñ Dat brýni brýniñu brýnum brýnumiñ Gen brýnis brýnis brýnumis brýnumis Examples of nouns declined like brýni:
- díki ('ditch, trench'),
- engi ('meadow'),
- fýgi [fy:`e] ('companion, escort'),
- fenni ('fern'),
- brǽði ('board'),
- henni ('forehead').
