Time to move on to the other noun declensions. We'll start with the u-stems. These may be either masculine or neuter, and do not have stem-accent and ending-accent subdeclensions; our model masculine (male model?) is
kretus, kretus "step".
| Singular | Dual | Plural |
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Nominative | kretus | kreta | kretawas |
Accusative | kretun | kreta | kretos |
Locative | kretuwi | kretuwos | kretusu |
Oblique | kretus | kretuwos | kretubas |
Our neuter is
dāru, dārus "tree":
| Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|
Nominative/Accusative | dāru | dāra | dārā |
Here are the i-stems. These also don't have accent subclasses. Here's the feminine
medis, medis, "mind".
| Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|
Nominative | medis | meda | medayas |
Accusative | medin | meda | medas |
Locative | medi | mediyos | medisu |
Oblique | medis | mediyos | medibas |
...and a neuter,
āsti, āstis "bone".
| Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|
Nominative/Accusative | āsti | āsta | āstā |
Finally, we have the consonant stems, which are sort of a grab-bag declension where nothing else fits. Characteristic of the masculines/feminines is
nes, netas, "night". The PIE thematic vowels here were a mix between e and o, with some i and ey imported from the i-stems. As far as stem mutation goes, these have all been treated as e or i (this causes palatalization of velars).
| Singular | Dual | Plural |
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Nominative | nes | neta | netas |
Accusative | neta | neta | netas |
Locative | neti | netiyās | netisu |
Oblique | netas | netibān | netibas |
And here's a neuter,
nebas, nebasas "cloud":
| Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|
Nominative/Accusative | nebas | nebasa | nebasā |
(You may be noticing a general theme with the neuters by now).
The consonant declension is the two-stem declension in Old Oxic, much like the grab-bag "third declension" of Latin and Greek, whether the stem must be derived from the genitive (or in this case, the oblique). It also includes the r-stems, such as
hatar, hatras "father" and
brātar, brātras "brother". R-stems have a nominative singular in
-ar and a stem ending in
-r elsewhere.
A final note on vocatives. Although Oxic had a vocative case in the singular, I have not shown it in the paradigms since it is fairly simple to form and would just add clutter. Here are the rules for vocatives:
- Masculine o-stems ending in
-as have a vocative ending in
-a.
- Masculine or feminine i-stems and u-stems ending in
-is and
-us have a vocative ending in
-i or
-u.
- R-stems replace the
-ar ending of the nominative singular with
-er
- Other nouns have no separate vocative.
And that's it: for non-neuter o-stems, i-stems and u-stems, just chop the final -u off, and for r-stems replace
-ar with
-er.
All in all, Oxic's noun system is not terribly painful. It has a number of sub-declensions, yes, but the accent-based ones are only found in the o-stems, and you can always decline a noun given its nominative, oblique and gender. I'mma call it a night.