Ancient Ivetsian paradigms/nouns

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Noun inflectional paradigms in Ancient Ivetsian were similar to those of the classical language, but there were several significant differences.

Gender-prefix paradigms

The most significant difference between Ancient Ivetsian and Classical Kasshian was the lack of plural gender prefixes. Thus many nouns had no variation in prefix at all

Hard consonant (non-nasal)

Example adjective: kuvas (same)

Gender Form
I chikuvas
II nakuvas
III sukuvas
IV çikuvas
V lakuvas
VI wakuvas
VII pikuvas
IX tūkuvas

Nasal-initial

This paradigm differed from the regular hard-consonant paradigm only in gender IX. Example adjective: nesni (tall, high)

Gender Form
I chinesni
II nanesni
III sunesni
IV çinesni
V lanesni
VI wanesni
VII pinesni
IX tonçesni

Inherently closed

This paradigm is equivalent to the consonant-dropping paradigm of Classical Kasshian. Unlike the Classical language, however, the etymological /a/ never appears.

Example adjective: ntama (serene)

Gender Form
I chentama
II nantama
III sontama
IV çentama
V lantama
VI wantama
VII pentama
IX tontama

Long-vowel

This paradigm is equivalent to the ka- and ga-subtypes of the consonant-dropping in Classical Kasshian, being adjectives and nouns whose prefix inherently contains a long vowel

Example adjective: zhinu (red)

Gender Form
I chīzhinu
II nāzhinu
III sūzhinu
IV çīzhinu
V lāzhinu
VI wāzhinu
VII pīzhunu
IX tūzhinu

Vowel-initial

There are slight differences between a-initial, i/e-initial, and u/o-initial adjectives. Example adjectives: assai (fast), ilutu (blind), oppazhasa (loving)

Gender a-initial i-initial u-initial
I tassai chilutu toppazhasa
II nassai nilutu noppazhasa
III sassai shilutu soppazhasa
IV kassai çilutu koppazhasa
V lassai lilutu loppazhasa
VI wassai wilutu oppazhasa
VII passai pilutu poppazhasa
IX tukassai tuçilutu tukoppazhasa

L-initial

Example adjective: lapa (strong)

Gender Form
I trapa
II nrapa
III srapa
IV klapa
V lalapa
VI walapa
VII plapa
IX tuklapa

Y-initial

Example adjective: yanali (honest)

Gender Form
I chanali
II nyanali
III shanali
IV çanali
V lyanali
VI uyanali
VII pyanali
IX tuçanali

W-initial

Example adjective: waka (tired)

Gender Form
I paka
II maka
III swaka
IV quaka
V lwaka
VI waka
VII paka
IX tuquaka

Case-number paradigms

Vowel-final

Paradigms differ slightly depending on final vowel, in addition to there being two subtypes of u-final nominals Example nouns: çimyala (cat), sukasshi (Kasshi), lasossu (snake), pinellu (bed), walai (stomach), tūjinau (deity)

class çimyala sukasshi lasossu pinellu walai tūjinau
singular plural singular plural singular plural singular plural singular plural singular plural
Absolutive çimyala çimyalai sukasshi sukasshii lasossu lasosswi pinellu pinelloi walai tūjinau tūjinavi
Ergative çimyalal çimyalail sukasshel sukasshél lasossol lasosswel pinellol pinelloil walail tūjinaul tūjinavel
Genitive çimyalaf çimyalaif sukasshef sukasshéf lasossof lasosswef pinellof pinelloif walaif tūjinauf tūjinavef
Dative çimyalaz çimyalaiz sukasshez sukasshéz lasossoz lasosswez pinelloz pinelloiz walaiz tūjinauz tūjinavez
Instrumental çimyalani çimyalaini sukasshini sukasshiini lasossuni lasosswini pinelluni pinelloini walaini tūjinauni tūjinavini
Benefactive çimyalan çimyalain sukasshen sukasshén lasosson lasosswen pinellon pinelloin walain tūjinaun tūjinaven
Commitative çimyalanan çimyalainan sukasshinan sukasshiinan lasossunan lasosswinan pinellunan pinelloinan walainan tūjinaunan tūjinavinan