Dal'qörian nouns

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There are 5 forms of noun in Dalcurian:

• Tangible nouns: those that can be seen, felt and touched (with some minor exceptions)

• Non-tangible nouns: those which are abstract, concepts etc

• Verb-derivitave nouns: those which are drived from a verbal relative

• Adjective-derivative nouns: Nouns that are derived directly from an adjective that D0 NOT have a verbal relative

• Non-related nouns: Those which are free standing, ie, have no verb or adjective relative, therefore take no specific ending

Tangible nouns

These, with some minor exceptions, always end in j:

• gadöraj dog

• ádecödrij accessory

• ratäj deer

• ƒosetaj tap

• sáj man