THE CONSONANT DECLENSION, AKA THIRD DECLENSION

Basic forms combined with stem ending in..

m/f neuter -dddd++++ hhhh ++++uuuu ,,,,____++++mmmm++++cccc ,,,,aaaa++++qqqq++++vvvv ((((neuter -qqqq) ,,,,kkkkqqqq ,,,, kkkknom.sg. ,t or ? ,t or ? ci^g hi` colkqt q modj^ isk dd^t a^jskgen. ,lt ,lt ci^hlt hismt colkqalt modj^qlt ilkqlt dd^kqlt a^jlkltdat. ,f ,f ci^hf hism colkqaf modj^qf ilkqf dd^kqf a^jlkfacc. ,^ = nom. ci^h^ him^ colkqa^1 modj^ ilkq^ dd^kq^ a^jlk^voc. stem = nom. = nom. = nom. ccccooookkkkqqqqffff = nom. iiiillllkkkk dddddddd^^^^kkkk aaaa^^^^ jjjjllllkkkk

nom.pl. ,bt ,^ ci^hbt himbt colkqabt modj^q^ ilkqbt dd^kqbt a^jlkbtgen. -sk ,sk crihsk hismk colkqask mo^djqsk ibkqsk dfdkqsk a^fjkskdat. -pf(k) ,pf(k) ci^ggggf(k) his`(k) colkqppppf(k) modj^pf(k) illllrrrrppppffff(k) dd^^^^ppppffff(k) a^jllllppppffff(k)acc. ,^t ,^ ci^h^t him^t colkqa^t modj^q^ ilkq^t dd^kq^t a^jlk^t1 paroxytona (uuuuoooofffftttt++++ oooofffftttt++++ etc.) have an acc.sg. in -ffffkkkk : uuuuooooffffkkkk++++ ooooffffkkkk----

stems ending in

,,,, oooo ,,,, iiii ,,,,qqqq((((bbbb))))oooo kkkkoooo ddddrrrrkkkknom.sg.

THE CONSONANT DECLENSION, AKA THIRD DECLENSION

Consonant declension II. Contractions and other problems

in -eeee tttt ntrs in ,,,,lllltttt and ,,,, ^^^^ tttt adj.s with -es stem adj.s with -u stemcontr.: -es (masc) -es (ntr) -as (ntr) m/f n m f n

nom.sg. Qshoqet q dklt q do^t ievt ievt gt gb^ ggen. Qshoqlrt dklrt dost ievlt ievlt glt gb^t gltdat. Qshoqbf dkbf do& ievb ievb gb gb& gbacc. Qshoqe dklt do^t iev ievt gk gb^k gvoc. Qho^qbt = nom. = nom. ievt = nom. g = nom. =nom.

nom.pl. dke do^ ievbt iev gbt gb^f g^gen. dbkk dbok ievk ievk gsk gbfk gskdat. dkbpf(k) do^pf(k) ievpf(k) ievpf(k) gpf(k) gb^ft gpf(k)acc. dke do^ ievbt iev gbt gb^t g^

stems with ffff++++ rrrr++++ bbbbrrrr++++ ^^^^rrrr with metathesis stems in u without metathesisnom.sg. mift murt q pqr _^pfibt k^t uvt + _lt do^t Xbtgen. mibst mubst pqbst _^pfist kbt uvlt _lt do^t Bftdat. mibf mubf pqbf _^pfib ke uv _l do^ Bfacc. mifk murk pqr _^pfi^ k^k uvk _lk do^k B^voc. mif mur pqr _^pfib k^ uv _l do^ Xb

nom.pl. mibft mubft pqe _^pfit.,bt1 kbt uvbt _bt dobtgen. mibsk mubsk pqbsk _^pfisk kbk uvsk _lk do^kdat. mibpf(k) mubpf(k) pqbpf(k) _^pfibpf(k) k^rp(k) uvpf(k) _lpf(k) do^rp(k)acc. mibft mubft pqe _^pfi^t k^t uvt _lt do^t

1____ ^^^^pppp ffff iiiibbbb tttt is used as nom. and acc. after the 5th C.Note on accentuation: Accents are persistent, with two main exceptions:1) monosyllables (e.g., hhhhiiii````++++ uuuubbbboooo++++ iiiitttt++++ ____lllltttt++++ ddddoooo^^^^tttt++++ XXXXbbbbtttt)))) are accented on the ultima in the gen. and dat.;2) if the gen.sg. is -bbbb ssss tttt , the accent of the gen.pl. falls on the same syllable as in the sg., e.g. mmmmiiiibbbbsssstttt mmmmiiiibbbbsssskkkk----