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There is not much variation here; it may be said that neut. nouns end in -a/-fi , while 

 masc. and fem. have the ending alternation -u/m. If animate nouns are involved, the 

 A-pl. forms will be identical with those of the G-pL, e.g. N-pl. KeH-H, A-pl. 

 men, G-pl. Ken. 



The range of G-pl. endings may be exemplified as follows: 



CTOJi-OB/cjiytia-eB 03*ep, 3flaHH-M KapT, jimhh-m jisep-eii 



noji-eM HefleJi-b 



The typical masc. G-pl. ending is -ob/sj, while neut. and fem. nouns have Zero ending 

 (no ending). Neut. and fem. nouns also occur with the ending -b or-fi^* and some nouns 

 in all genders have the ending -ew . 



Some Special Situations for Masc. Nouns 



A limited number of masc. nouns have the ending -y_ in the P-sg. after the preposi- 

 tions B and Ha . ~ 



rOfl "year" rOfle 



Hpail "border" Kpae 



6eper "shore" depere 



B rofly 

 B HpaK 

 Ha depery 



Certain masc. nouns have an accented a_-ending in the N and A(inanimate) plural, 

 instead of the usual -h^( /-]/\) . n A f 



flOHTOp "doctor" flOHTOpa flOHTOpOB flOKTOpOB 



ropofl "city" ropofla ropona ropoflOB 



yuHTejib "teacher" yqwTeJifl yqHTeJieM yqMTeJiei^ 



A few masc. nouns have the ending bH in the N and A(inanimate) of the plural. 



N A G 



CTyji "chair" CTyjibfl CTyjibH CTyjibeB 



6paT "brother" SpaTbfl dpaTbBB SpaTfeGB 



A number of masc. nouns which denote the young of animals are characterized by 

 -eHOH/oHOK in the singular but by -flTa/a,Ta in the plural forms; the AG-pl. forms have 

 zero ending. 



N 



Sg. Te.neHOH "calf" 



PI. TBJIHTa 



ADJECTIVES 



A division according to gender results in three sets of adjective forms in the 

 singular, while in the plural gender distinctions are ignored and there is only one set 

 of plural adjective forms, e.g. 



Set A B C^--^ ^^~~-\ D 



HOBHH CTOJI HOBOe CJIOBO HOBaH HapTa HOBafl flsepb 



study of the adjective forms in Section II (PARADIGMS) will reveal the following basic 

 pattern: 



N -ufi -oe -an -He 



A -HM,-oro -oe -yio -He,-Hx 



(HOB-) G -OrO -OM -HX 



D -owy -OW -HM 



P -DM -OH -HX 



I -HM -OM,-O10 -HMH 



*These could also be considered to represent zero endings, if one assumes that the letter 

 H = b/w + a and that e=l3/H+0 . Thus, N-sg. HejeJI-fl could theoretically be written 

 HefleJIb-a ^ fo^™ which would have regularly G-pl. HSfleJIb , while 3flaHHH would be the 

 expected G-pl. of a hypothetical 3j],aHMM-o(= SflaHM^ie ) . 



