nom.
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nominal
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nominative
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Some tatsamas are, however, borrowed in the nominative form, as in Skr. dhanin-, nom. dhanī, H. dhanī, a rich man.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Acc. man manne, man Gen. mannes, man manne, man Dat. manne, man mannen, man The nom. plural man, now written mann, is still preserved in counting, as hundert mann, a hundred men.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright
In the plural indeed there might have been a distinction between the nom. and the acc.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
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 F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
In Monosyllables the plural, through all its cases, is formed by adding a to the nom. sing.; in Polysyllables, it is like the nom. sing.; as, crom crooked, pl. croma; tuirseach melancholy, pl. tuirseach.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
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