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nom.

American

abbreviation

nominative.

nom. British

abbreviation

nominal
nominative

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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

Note.—Notice here the rendering of the Lat. abl. absol., an idiom foreign to our language except for example in the so-called nom. absol. of Milton.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

The nom. pl. δεκατέτορες is used for the acc.; similar forms are found in Elean and Achaean.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The usual abbreviations are employed for the cases, nom., gen., dat., acc., and instr.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith

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 Alexander Stewart

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