Northeadish/Inflection

Articles, Numerals, Demonstratives, & Possessives

The Definite Article

	Nom.	Gen.	Dat.	Acc.
Msc.	þa, þɴ	þas	þм	þɴ
Fem.	þa, þɴ	þer	þer	þa, þɴ
Neu.	þet	þas	þм	þet
Plu.	þa, þɴ	þer	þм	þa, þɴ

• When þa is used before a vowel, it becomes þɴ (much like the difference between “a” and “an” in english). This applies to the masculine, feminine, and plural forms in the nominative case, and the feminine and plural of the accusative. The masculine accusative form is always þɴ.

The Indefinite Article

	Nom.	Gen.	Dat.	Acc.
Msc.	ǣn	ǣnas	ǣnм	ǣnɴ
Fem.	ǣna	ǣnʀ	ǣnʀ	ǣna
Neu.	ænt	ǣnas	ǣnм	ænt

The Dual and Trial Articles

The numbers two and three are not truly articles, but declinable numerals, as is the indefinite article. They decline as adjectives, though their declension is highly irregular. Those declensions followed by -(r) in the paradigm take a final -r before a vowel. Other numerals are not declinable.

Dual Numeral

	Nom.	Gen.	Dat.	Acc.
Msc.	tvǣ(r)	tvǣg	tvǣm	tvan
Fem.	twō(r)	tvǣg	tvǣm	twō(r)
Neu.	twō(r)	tvǣg	tvǣm	twō(r)

Dual Distributive

	Nom.	Gen.	Dat.	Acc.
Msc.	bǣðþ	bǣg	bǣðм	bǣðɴ
Fem.	bōðþ	bǣg	bǣðм	bōðþ
Neu.	bōðþ	bǣg	bǣðм	bōðþ

Trial Numeral

	Nom.	Gen.	Dat.	Acc.
Msc.	þrī(r)	þrǣg	þrem	þren
Fem.	þrī(r)	þrǣg	þrem	þren
Neu.	þrī(r)	þrǣg	þrem	þrī(r)

Trial Distributive

	Nom.	Gen.	Dat.	Acc.
Msc.	þrǣðþ	þrǣg	þrem or þrǣðм	þrǣðɴ
Fem.	þrǣðþ	þrǣg	þrem or þrǣðм	þrǣðþ
Neu.	þrǣðþ	þrǣg	þrem or þrǣðм	þrǣðþ

Numerals

Cardinal Numerals

1	ǣn	13	þrītehɴ	30	þrītag
2	tvō	14	fewrtehɴ	40	fewrtag
3	þrī	15	femtehɴ	50	femtag
4	fewr	16	secstehɴ	60	secstag
5	fem	17	sevɴtehɴ	70	sevɴtag
6	secs	18	ah(ta)tehɴ	80	ah(ta)tag
7	sevɴ	19	neᵹɴtehɴ	90	neᵹɴtag
8	ahta	20	tvæntag	100	hunðþ, tehɴtag
9	neᵹɴ	21	tvæntagǣn	110	hunðþtehɴ, æleftag
10	tehɴ	22	tvæntagtvō	120	hunðþtvæntag, tvæleftag
11	ælevf	23	tvæntagþrī	200	tvōhunðþ
12	tvælevf	24	tvæntagfewr	1000	þūshunðþ

• When counting, the neuter forms of declinable numbers are used except for one, which takes the masculine form. This does not merely apply to the numbers 1-3, but also 21-23, 31-33, 101-103, &c.
• The numbers 100, 110, and 120 may also be referred to as tehɴtag (tenty), æleftag (eleventy), and tvæleftag (twelfty), harkening back to a partial duodecimal numbering system.

Ordinal Numerals

1st	fᵫrst	13th	þrītehɴþ	30th	þrītagaðþ
2nd	anðʀ	14th	fewrtehɴþ	40th	fewrtagaðþ
3rd	þrīðþ	15th	femtehɴþ	50th	femtagaðþ
4th	fewrðþ	16th	secstehɴþ	60th	secstagaðþ
5th	femðþ	17th	sevɴtehɴþ	70th	sevɴtagaðþ
6th	secsþ	18th	ah(ta)tehɴþ	80th	ahtagaðþ
7th	sevɴþ	19th	neᵹɴtehɴþ	90th	neᵹɴtagaðþ
8th	ahtaðþ	20th	tvæntagaðþ	100th	hunðaðþ, tehɴtagaðþ
9th	neᵹɴþ	21st	tvæntagfᵫrst	110th	hunðþtehɴþ, æleftagaðþ
10th	tehɴþ	22nd	tvæntaganðʀ	120th	hunðþtvæntagaðþ, tvæleftagaðþ
11th	ælefþ	23rd	tvæntagþrīðþ	200th	tvōhunðaðþ
12th	tvælefþ	24th	tvæntagfewrðþ	1000th	þūshunðaðþ

• The ordinal numbers follow the same irregular pattern for all numbers ending in -1 (fᵫrst) or -2 (anðʀ) with the exception of -11 and -12. The rest of the ordinal numbers are formed by adding -(ð)þ to the end of the number.
• Ordinal numbers are always declined as regular weak adjectives.

Possessives & Demonstratives

	Nom.	Gen.	Dat.	Acc.
Msc.	mīn	mīnas	mīnм	mīnɴ
Fem.	mīna	mīnðʀ	mīnðʀ	mīna
Neu.	ment	mīnas	mīnм	ment
Plu.	mīna	mīnðʀ	mīnм	mīna

• The following possessives and demonstratives are declines in this manner: hat, her, hes, hīr, ƕat, ƕālec, ƕeras, ƕes, ƕīs, iǣnðʀ iȳŋcʀ, iȳr, mīn, nat, nes, nǣn, ɴsʀ, ӿcʀ, sīn, sīr, þat, þæs, þīn.
• The long vowels in þīn, hīr, ƕīs, iȳr, mīn, nǣn, sīn, and sīr are shortened in the neuter nominative and accusative declensions, like the indefinite article.
• The possessives ending in -n get an insertive -ð- before -ʀ (i.e. in the feminine genitive and dative and the plural genitive).