Участница:Dana/OHG
The Strong (vocalic) declension
a-declension
- Pure a-stems
| pure a-stems | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Neuter | ||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nomimative | tag | tagā, -a | wort | wort |
| Accusative | tag | tagā, -a | wort | wort |
| Genitive | tages (-as) | tago | wortes (-as) | worto |
| Dative | tage (-a) | tagum, -om; -un, -on |
worte (-a) | wortum, -om; -un, -on |
| Instrumental | tagu (-o) | wortu (-o) | ||
Like tag are declined most OHG masculine nouns, e.g. bërg mountain, wëg way, geist spirit, himil heaven, tiufal devil, kuning king, etc.
Like wort are declined barn child, sēr pain, swërt sword, honag honey, zwīfal doubt, etc. Here belong also the diminutives in -īn and -līn, as magatīn little maid, fingarlīn little finger, except that the Upper German dialects retain the -n in the gen. and dat. only, and that the nom., acc. pl. end in -iu in Alemanic.
- ja-stems
| ja-stems | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Neuter | ||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nomimative | hirti | hirte; hirtā, -a | kunni | kunni |
| Accusative | hirti | hirte; hirtā, -a | kunni | kunni |
| Genitive | hirtes | hirteo, -io; hirto | kunnes | kunneo, -io; kunno |
| Dative | (hirties); hirte |
hirtum, -un, -on; hirtim, -in |
(kunnie); kunne |
kunnum, -un, -on; -kunnim, -in |
| Instrumental | hirtiu; hirtu, -o | kunniu; kunnu, -o | ||
Like hirti are declined the nomina agentis ending in -āri (-ari, -eri), as wahtāri (wahtari, wahteri) watchman, lērāri teacher, scrībari wruter, scribe; as also karkāri prison, altāri altar, and a few others, rucki back, phuzzi, puzzi well, kāsi cheese.
Like kunni are declined very many neuters, as enti end, rīchi kingdom, betti bed, gizungi language, finstarnessi darkness, heri army, gen. heries, dat. sg. herie, herige.
- wa-stems
| wa-stems | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Neuter | ||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nomimative | snēo, snē | snēwā, -a | kneo | kneo |
| Accusative | snēo, snē | snēwā, -a | kneo | kneo |
| Genitive | snēwes | snēwo | knëwes | knëwo |
| Dative | snēwe | snēwum, -un, -on | knëwe | knëwum, -un, -on |
To this declension belong the masculines lēo grave, sēo sea, bū (gen. būwes) dwelling, and the neuters rēo corpse, zëso right side, smëro grease.
