Paradigm Generator
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Orthography: ○ Cyrillic ● UPA ○ IPA

You can indicate word stress by placing an asterisk * or a bullet point • after a stressed vowel (e.g., теҥге•, теҥге* 'ruble'). Otherwise, stress is assumed to follow regular patterns. Indicate orthographically unmarked palatalization with an accent, e.g.: имн'e 'horse'. Alternatively, if you do not specify the word stress and palatalization, the software will consult our lexicon. In the case of homographs (i.e., two words spelled the same, but not necessarily pronounced - and inflected - the same, e.g., ше•рге 'expensive' <> шерге• 'comb', the software will pick the word listed in the dictionary first.


Case Suffixes

Nominative:merjə̑žə̑ŋ
Genitive:merjə̑žə̑ŋə̑n
Dative:merjə̑žə̑ŋlan
Accusative:merjə̑žə̑ŋə̑m
Comparative:merjə̑žə̑ŋla
Comitative:merjə̑žə̑ŋge
Inessive:merjə̑žə̑ŋə̑šte
Illative:merjə̑žə̑ŋə̑š(ke)
Lative:merjə̑žə̑ŋeš

Possessive Suffixes

1SG:merjə̑žə̑ŋem
2SG:merjə̑žə̑ŋet
3SG:merjə̑žə̑ŋže
1PL:merjə̑žə̑ŋna
2PL:merjə̑žə̑ŋda
3PL:merjə̑žə̑ŋə̑št

Number Suffixes

Plural (1):merjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlak
Plural (2):merjə̑žə̑ŋ-šamə̑č́
Short Plural:merjə̑žə̑ŋla
Sociative Plural:merjə̑žə̑ŋmə̑t

Case Suffix (Cx) + Possessive Suffix (Px) + Number Suffix (Nx)

For the sake of simplicity, only the plural suffix -влак and the possessive suffix first person singular -ем are displayed here. Also note that other suffix arrangements than these can be encountered on occasion - these are only the most common ones.

CaseCx + PxCx + NxCx + Px + Nx
Nominative:merjə̑žə̑ŋemmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakem,
merjə̑žə̑ŋem-βlak
Genitive:merjə̑žə̑ŋemə̑nmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakə̑nmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakemə̑n,
merjə̑žə̑ŋem-βlakə̑n
Dative:merjə̑žə̑ŋemlan,
merjə̑žə̑ŋlanem
merjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlaklanmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakemlan,
merjə̑žə̑ŋem-βlaklan
Accusative:merjə̑žə̑ŋemə̑mmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakə̑mmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakemə̑m,
merjə̑žə̑ŋem-βlakə̑m
Comparative:merjə̑žə̑ŋemla,
merjə̑žə̑ŋlam
merjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlaklamerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakemla,
merjə̑žə̑ŋem-βlakla
Comitative:merjə̑žə̑ŋemgemerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakgemerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakemge,
merjə̑žə̑ŋem-βlakge
Inessive:merjə̑žə̑ŋə̑štemmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakə̑štemerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakə̑štem,
merjə̑žə̑ŋem-βlakə̑šte
Illative:merjə̑žə̑ŋə̑škemmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakə̑š(ke)merjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakə̑škem,
merjə̑žə̑ŋem-βlakə̑š(ke)
Lative:merjə̑žə̑ŋešemmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakešmerjə̑žə̑ŋ-βlakešem,
merjə̑žə̑ŋem-βlakeš


Last update: 10 August 2023