nom.
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nominal
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nominative
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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 F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
In Adjectives beginning with a Labial or a Palatal, the aspirated form alone is used in the gen. and voc. sing. masc. the nom. dat. and voc. sing. feminine.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
For example, words like flōd, feld, eard were originally "u-nouns": with nom. and acc. sing. flōdu, etc.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers
Owing to the weakening of the -o, -a to -e in MHG. the nom. singular became alike in all genders.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright
The nom. of this verb is, in sense, some such word as the plant or the root.
From Milton's Comus by William Bell
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