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How the plural endings of Thorrish work.
This public article was written by [Deactivated User] on 19 Feb 2022, 02:56.
[comments] thrsh Plurals are an essential of basic grammar. Some languages have an all-encompassing suffix, others have a complex inflection, some have nothing at all. Thorrish has a complex inflectional system, and the plural ending depends heavily on the end of the word in question.
There are 4 classes of words:
Masculine weak
Masculine strong
Feminine
No ending
The simplest is of course those with no plural ending. These words are few and far between, but there are some. One example is "folk" which has no formal plural (though in some informal registers, there may be a final -s).
Next, the masculine weak. Masculine weak words always take -s for the plural. Weak masculine words end in: -el, -en, -em, -ef, -et, -ed and -ew. In the plural dative, simply use the standard plural dative ending.
Next is masculine strong. Masculine strong uses the -a ending for nominative plural. Some shorter words (typically of 1 syllable) may take -en instead; these words often also have an umlaut (ex: fote -> feten), and those that do take -a may also ablaut (ex: bern -> barna).
Thirdly we have feminine words. Virtually (albeit with few exceptions) all feminine words take -en for the plural ending. Some single-syllable words may have an umlaut.
Lastly, while not a specific class, there are some words with entirely unpredictable plural forms, such as "toþ" which has no suffix, but the stem vowel changes to -e-.
This concludes the lesson on plurality. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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