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Like conjugations of verbs and general spelling, grammatical cases are not used | Like conjugations of verbs and general spelling, grammatical cases are not used consistently in OL. What follows is a first exploration. | ||
==Equivalents to Old Greek== | ==Equivalents to Old Greek== | ||
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τα τέκνα (the children) — <span class="fryas">THA ÀFTER.KVMANDA</span> (the descendants) | τα τέκνα (the children) — <span class="fryas">THA ÀFTER.KVMANDA</span> (the descendants) | ||
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της νύκτες (of the night) — <span class="fryas">THES NACHTIS</span> (at night) | της νύκτες (of the night) — <span class="fryas">THES NACHTIS</span> (at night) | ||
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Plurals ending with -<span class="fryas">ON</span> | Plurals ending with -<span class="fryas">ON</span> might be related (how?) to Old Greek '''-ων''', for example <span class="fryas">BYLDON, ÁGON</span> (images, eyes) that exist as varieties of <span class="fryas">BYLDA, ÁGA</span> and <span class="fryas">BYLDUM, ÁGUM</span>. Plurals ending with -<span class="fryas">UN</span> seem to be varieties of -<span class="fryas">ON</span>, e.g. <span class="fryas">ÁGUN, DÉLUN</span>. | ||
Plurals ending with -<span class="fryas">UM</span> seem to have been used more for | Plurals ending with -<span class="fryas">UM</span> seem to have been used more for genitives and datives than for nominatives and accusatives, though (as with most spelling and grammar) very inconsistently. | ||
[[Category:Grammar]] | [[Category:Grammar]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:02, 9 December 2023
Like conjugations of verbs and general spelling, grammatical cases are not used consistently in OL. What follows is a first exploration.
Equivalents to Old Greek
nominative/accusative
τα τέκνα (the children) — THA ÀFTER.KVMANDA (the descendants)
genitive
της νύκτες (of the night) — THES NACHTIS (at night)
dative
notes
Plurals ending with -ON might be related (how?) to Old Greek -ων, for example BYLDON, ÁGON (images, eyes) that exist as varieties of BYLDA, ÁGA and BYLDUM, ÁGUM. Plurals ending with -UN seem to be varieties of -ON, e.g. ÁGUN, DÉLUN.
Plurals ending with -UM seem to have been used more for genitives and datives than for nominatives and accusatives, though (as with most spelling and grammar) very inconsistently.