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165:. Although strong neuters technically only belong to one category, it is a diverse group, so about a dozen paradigms are necessary to account for varieties and exceptions.
51:, i.e. the nominative and genitive singular and the nominative plural. For masculines this gives the following four-way split to be counted as strong:
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may be strong if the nominative and genitive plural are the same. All nouns ending in vowels in Irish are considered strong.
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184:, a strong noun is one in which a noun maintains the same form of the plural in all cases, especially both the
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47:, a strong noun is one that falls into one of four categories, depending on the endings of the
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The weak neuters are so few, that a list suffices, to be found on the page for
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157:in the genitive singular with the exception of
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35:, marked in each by case or number markings.
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215:. Certain other nouns that take plain
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153:Most neuters are strong, and end in
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257:Íslensk málfræði Námsgagnastofnun
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96:For feminines this looks like:
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195:The strong-noun endings are
126:The latter two cases end in
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100:The latter two cases end in
77:The latter two cases end in
66:The latter two cases end in
55:The latter two cases end in
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1121:Syntax–semantics interface
255:Björn Guðfinnsson (1958).
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541:Exceptional case-marking
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20:is a phenomenon of more
347:Initial-stress-derived
858:Inclusive / Exclusive
145:Irregular but not a
88:Irregular but not a
49:characteristic cases
738:Relative subsective
631:Regular / Irregular
476:Andative / Venitive
312:Abstract / Concrete
1147:Icelandic language
297:and their features
295:Lexical categories
238:Icelandic language
45:Icelandic language
25:Germanic languages
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1133:
939:Casally modulated
844:Formal / Informal
733:Pure intersective
683:Anti-intersective
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1095:Procedure word
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1053:Complementizer
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1109:Pro-sentence
1083:Onomatopoeia
1073:Interjection
1046:Measure word
829:Distributive
723:Postpositive
703:Intersective
656:Unaccusative
601:Performative
571:Intransitive
531:Ditransitive
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357:Noun adjunct
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22:conservative
17:
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1058:Conjunction
824:Disjunctive
761:Conjunctive
708:Nominalized
611:Predicative
455:Verbal noun
406:Attributive
161:, genitive
18:strong noun
1141:Categories
1126:Yes and no
1041:Classifier
1025:Possessive
987:Quantifier
982:Possessive
959:Determiner
931:Adposition
903:Resumptive
888:Reciprocal
883:Possessive
863:Indefinite
791:Pronominal
743:Subsective
718:Possessive
688:Collateral
661:Unergative
651:Transitive
566:Inchoative
561:Impersonal
501:Catenative
440:Participle
435:Infinitive
367:Relational
337:Collective
317:Adjectival
186:nominative
170:weak nouns
1116:Prop-word
1078:Ideophone
1005:Discourse
944:Inflected
893:Reflexive
868:Intensive
675:Adjective
646:Stretched
636:Separable
626:Reflexive
521:Denominal
516:Defective
496:Captative
491:Auxiliary
430:Gerundive
420:Nonfinite
342:Countable
233:Weak noun
192:plurals.
147:weak noun
90:weak noun
68:-s or -ar
39:Icelandic
29:Icelandic
1105:Pro-verb
1100:Pro-form
997:Particle
949:Stranded
898:Relative
878:Personal
796:Relative
781:Locative
771:Genitive
596:Negative
526:Deponent
506:Compound
227:See also
209:-(e)acha
190:genitive
1090:Preverb
967:Article
913:Subject
806:Pronoun
641:Stative
606:Phrasal
581:Lexical
536:Dynamic
511:Copular
411:Converb
327:Animacy
213:(e)anna
201:-ta/-te
180:In the
43:In the
1068:Coverb
1063:Copula
917:Object
834:Donkey
753:Adverb
728:Proper
693:Common
576:Labile
445:Supine
425:Gerund
416:Finite
381:Verbal
372:Strong
362:Proper
211:, and
1034:Other
1015:Modal
839:Dummy
591:Modal
586:Light
464:Types
399:Forms
322:Agent
197:-(a)Ă
176:Irish
33:Irish
27:like
1020:Noun
766:Flat
621:Pure
391:Verb
376:Weak
352:Mass
332:Bare
304:Noun
205:-the
188:and
163:fjár
134:and
119:and
108:and
81:and
70:and
59:and
219:or
138:or
136:-ur
132:-ur
130:or
128:-ar
121:-ir
117:-ar
110:-ar
104:or
102:-ar
83:-ir
79:-ar
72:-ir
61:-ar
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217:-a
207:,
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155:-s
140:-r
106:-r
57:-s
16:A
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280:t
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