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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) | ||
Revision as of 19:01, 9 December 2023
Like conjugations of verbs and general spelling, grammatical cases are not used consitently 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 migt 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 genetives and datives than for nominatives and accusatives, though (as with most spelling and grammar) very inconsistently.