User:Jpbrenna/Ossetic grammar
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[edit] General characteristics
[edit] Morphology
Abaev observes three parts-of-speech in Ossetic: substantive (nouns, adjectives & numerals); verbs, and uninflected words. He finds no basis in morphology for classifying adverbs and postpositions separately from substantives [1]
[edit] Substantives
Like its Iranian cousin, Modern Persian, and its more distant relative, English, Ossetic lacks grammatical gender. Moreover, the pronoun system does not distinguish feminine and masculine gender pronouns (уый [wyj] — he/she/it); this`occurs because modern Ossetic pronouns evolved from earlier demonstrative pronouns (this/that).
[edit] Nouns
[edit] Declension of nouns
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bæx | bæx-t-æ |
| Genitive | bæx-y (I) bæx-i (D) |
bæx-y (I) bæx-i (D) |
| Dative | bæx-æn | bæx-t-æn |
| Dative | bæx-mæ | bæx-t-æm (I) bæx-t-æmæ (D) |
| Ablative | bæx-æj | bæx-t-æj |
| Inessive | bæx-y (I) bæx-i (D) |
bæx-t-y (I) bæx-t-i (D) |
| Adessive | bæx-yl (I) bæx-bæl (D) |
bæx-t-yl (I) bæx-tæ-bæl (D) |
| Comitative | bæx-imæ (I) bæx-i xæccæ (D) |
bæx-t-imæ (I) bæx-t-i xæccæ (D) |
| Equative | bæx-au | bæx-t-au |
