The history of Old English and its development — страница 10
éadigum éadigum éadigum A éadige éadigu éadigu So not many new endings: for accusative singular we have -ne, and for genitive plural -ra, which cannot be met in the declension of nouns. The difference between monosyllabic and disyllabic is the accusative plural feminine ending -a / -u. That's all. ja, jó-stems (swéte - sweet) Sg. Pl. Masc. Neut. Fem. Masc. Neut. Fem. N swéte swéte swétu swéte swétu swéta G swétes swétes swétre swétra swétra swétra D swétum swétum swétre swétum swétum swétum A swétne swéte swéte swéte swétu swéta I swéte swéte - wa, wó-stems Sg. Masc. Neut. Fem. N nearu (narrow) nearu nearu G nearwes nearwes nearore D nearwum nearwum nearore A nearone nearu nearwe I nearwe nearwe Pl. N nearwe nearu nearwa G nearora nearora nearora D nearwum nearwum nearwum A nearwe nearu nearwa Actually, some can just omit all those examples - the adjectival declension is the same as a whole for all stems, as concerns the strong type. In general, the endings look the following way, with very few varieties (note that "-" means the null ending): As for weak adjectives, they also exist in the language. The thing is that one need not learn by heart which adjective is which type - strong or weak, as you should do with the nouns. If you have a weak noun as a subject, its attributive adjective will be weak as well. So - a strong adjective for a strong noun, a weak adjective for a weak noun, the rule is as simple as that. Thus if you say "a black tree" that will be blæc tréow (strong), and "a black eye" will sound blace éage. Here is the weak declension example (blaca - black):
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