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:šelmaš
Genitive:šelmašə̑n
Dative:šelmašlan
Accusative:šelmašə̑m
Comparative:šelmašla
Comitative:šelmašge
Inessive:šelmašte,
šelmašə̑šte
Illative:šelmaške,
šelmašə̑š(ke)
Lative:šelmašeš

Possessive Suffixes

1SG:šelmašem
2SG:šelmašet
3SG:šelmašše,
šelmašə̑ž(e)
1PL:šelmašna
2PL:šelmašda
3PL:šelmašə̑št

Number Suffixes

Plural (1):šelmaš-βlak
Plural (2):šelmaš-šamə̑č́
Short Plural:šelmašla
Sociative Plural:šelmašmə̑t

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:šelmašemšelmaš-βlakšelmaš-βlakem,
šelmašem-βlak
Genitive:šelmašemə̑nšelmaš-βlakə̑nšelmaš-βlakemə̑n,
šelmašem-βlakə̑n
Dative:šelmašemlan,
šelmašlanem
šelmaš-βlaklanšelmaš-βlakemlan,
šelmašem-βlaklan
Accusative:šelmašemə̑mšelmaš-βlakə̑mšelmaš-βlakemə̑m,
šelmašem-βlakə̑m
Comparative:šelmašemla,
šelmašlam
šelmaš-βlaklašelmaš-βlakemla,
šelmašem-βlakla
Comitative:šelmašemgešelmaš-βlakgešelmaš-βlakemge,
šelmašem-βlakge
Inessive:šelmaštem,
šelmašə̑štem
šelmaš-βlakə̑štešelmaš-βlakə̑štem,
šelmašem-βlakə̑šte
Illative:šelmaškem,
šelmašə̑škem
šelmaš-βlakə̑š(ke)šelmaš-βlakə̑škem,
šelmašem-βlakə̑š(ke)
Lative:šelmašešemšelmaš-βlakeššelmaš-βlakešem,
šelmašem-βlakeš


Last update: 10 August 2023