SECOND DECLENSION

To the second declension belongs masculine nouns which ends with -is in singular nominative and nouns akmens (stone), asmens (blade), zibens (lightning), ûdens (water), mçness (moon), rudens (autumn), suns (dog), sâls (salt) .

For nouns of second declension the consonants preceding case ending is to be palatalised in singular genitive (only for nouns which ends with -is) and all plural word forms.

Consonant(s) before ending  Palatalised to 
bj 
è 
þ 
ï 
mj 
ò 
pj 
ð 
ð 
vj 
þ 
sn  ðò 
zn  þò 
sl  ðï 
zl  þï 
ln  ïò 
ll  ïï 

The consonant is not palatalised for

- proper names which ends with -ckis, -skis;

- proper noun with two syllables which ends with -tis, -dis;

- some special cases.

The case endings for second declension nouns are given in following table ( diminutives has no ending in singular vocative ):

  Nom.  Gen.   Dat.   Acc.  Loc.  Voc. 
sing.  -is,   -a  -im  -i  -î  -i 
sing.  -s  -s  -im  -i -î  -s 
plur.  -i  -u  -iem  -us   -os  -i 

Examples

Nominative  lâc-is  lâè-i 
Genitive  lâè-a  lâè-u 
Dative  lâc-im  lâè-iem 
Accusative  lâc-i  lâè-us 
Locative  lâc-î  lâè-os 
Vocative  lâc-i  lâè-i 


Nominative  akmen-s  akmeò-i 
Genitive  akmen-s  akmeò-u 
Dative  akmen-im  akmeò-iem 
Accusative  akmen-i  akmeò-us 
Locative  akmen-î  akmeò-os 
Vocative  akmen-s  akmeò-i 

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