4.3.3. In -r, -n, -s

1. Nominative Singular Animate in -Ø (with lengthened vowel); as in mater, kwon.

Stems in -s, ndher-genes (degenerate); lat. pubes, honos, honor

2. Accusative Singular Animate in -[']m; as in materm [ma:ter'm], kwonm [kwon'm], ndheregenesm [ndhergenes'm]; lat. honosm

3. Vocative Singular Animate in -Ø (with full vowel); as in mater, kuon

5. The Nom.-Acc.-Voc. Singular Inanimate in -Ø; as in nomn [nom'n], genes.

The adjectives in -s have the neuter in -es: eugenes

4. Genitive Singular in -e/os; as in matres/matros, kunes/kunos, nomnes [nom'nes] / nomnos [nom'nos]

Nouns and adjectives in -s have an e, not an o, as the final stem vowel: geneses, eugeneos

6. Oblique Singular in -ei, -i: materi, kwoni

 SINGULAR

 

m. kwon

f. mater

n. genes

n. nomn

NOM.

kwon

mater

genes

nomn

ACC.

kwonm

materm

genes

nomn

VOC.

kwon

mater

genes

nomn

GEN.

kuno/es

matre/os

geneses

nomne/os

OBL.

kwoni

materi

genesi

nomni

 

 

adj. m. ndhergen-

NOM.

ndhergenes

ACC.

ndhergenesm

VOC.

ndhergenes

GEN.

ndhergeneses

OBL.

ndhergenesi