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nom.

American  

abbreviation

  1. nominative.


nom. British  

abbreviation

  1. nominal

  2. nominative

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the plural, on the contrary, we find in the nom. an, and in all the oblique cases ans.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

If an occurs in the nom. sing. or as the subject, it is always ans; if it occur as a gen., dat., or acc., it is always an.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

Noun in the gen. and dat. singular; by a fem. noun in the nom. and dat. singular.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

The nom. sing. has the s, because it was there in Latin; the nom. plur. has no s, because there was no s there in Latin.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

By adding a to the nom. singular; as, dubhar m. a shadow, n. p. dubhara; rioghachd f. a kingdom, n. p. rioghachdan.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

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