Badul nouns: cliac
Etymology
From Middle Badul daut, from Old Badul dawt, from Vulgar Ucerian davht, from Ucerian damt, from Areric damtos, from Proto-Bintic *dametos. Cognate with Narn dafad (sheep, singular).
Pronunciation
- (stressed)
- IPA: /ˈkʎak/ /ˈklʲak/
- (unstressed)
- IPA: /dəʊt/
- Rhymes: -aʊt
Definition
Noun
daut (nominative, accusative plural datu, genitive plural date, dative plural dati)
- a sheep.
- Lag na datu an toyani.
- The sheep stayed in their pens.
Derived terms
kurdaut
- one who follows and acts blindy.
From Yeroguri kör, blind + Badul daut, sheep.
Notes
The word daut has an irregular plural. In Badul, plurals end in -an but this word's plural ends in a u. This dates back to Ucerian, where nouns with the -u stem had the accusative singular plural suffix of -u. For some reason it took over its nominative counterpart -ae. It kept this old plural construction due to its high usage. Even when the regular plural suffix changed, it was still kept and using the new plural suffix didn't feel correct.
Declension
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| nominative | bir daut | whil datu |
| accusative | bir daut | whil datu |
| genitive | bir daut | whil date |
| dative | bir daut | whil dati |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| nominative | an daut | na datu |
| accusative | an daut | na datu |
| genitive | an daut | na date |
| dative | an daut | na dati |