Paradigm Generator
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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:temə̑me
Genitive:temə̑mə̑n
Dative:temə̑mə̑lan
Accusative:temə̑mə̑m
Comparative:temə̑mə̑la
Comitative:temə̑mə̑ge
Inessive:temə̑mə̑šte
Illative:temə̑mə̑š(ke)
Lative:temə̑meš

Possessive Suffixes

1SG:temə̑mem
2SG:temə̑met
3SG:temə̑mə̑ž(e)
1PL:temə̑mə̑na
2PL:temə̑mə̑da
3PL:temə̑mə̑št

Number Suffixes

Plural (1):temə̑me-βlak
Plural (2):temə̑me-šamə̑č́
Short Plural:temə̑mə̑la
Sociative Plural:temə̑mə̑mə̑t

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:temə̑memtemə̑me-βlaktemə̑me-βlakem,
temə̑mem-βlak
Genitive:temə̑memə̑ntemə̑me-βlakə̑ntemə̑me-βlakemə̑n,
temə̑mem-βlakə̑n
Dative:temə̑memlan,
temə̑mə̑lanem
temə̑me-βlaklantemə̑me-βlakemlan,
temə̑mem-βlaklan
Accusative:temə̑memə̑mtemə̑me-βlakə̑mtemə̑me-βlakemə̑m,
temə̑mem-βlakə̑m
Comparative:temə̑memla,
temə̑mə̑lam
temə̑me-βlaklatemə̑me-βlakemla,
temə̑mem-βlakla
Comitative:temə̑memgetemə̑me-βlakgetemə̑me-βlakemge,
temə̑mem-βlakge
Inessive:temə̑mə̑štemtemə̑me-βlakə̑štetemə̑me-βlakə̑štem,
temə̑mem-βlakə̑šte
Illative:temə̑mə̑škemtemə̑me-βlakə̑š(ke)temə̑me-βlakə̑škem,
temə̑mem-βlakə̑š(ke)
Lative:temə̑mešemtemə̑me-βlakeštemə̑me-βlakešem,
temə̑mem-βlakeš


Last update: 10 August 2023