Etymograph : Old Norse : Rules : on-dat-pl

Etymograph > Indo-European > Old Norse > Rules > on-dat-pl

From POS: N

Added category values: .dat.pl (Case: Dative, Number: Plural)

word ends with 'i' or word ends with 'a':

change ending to 'um'
apply rule 'on-u-umlaut'

Examples

From	To	Gloss	Expected
kona	konum	woman
uxi	yxnum	ox	uksum
Væringi	Væringjum	Varangian	væringum
kussari	kussurum	corsair
kvæði	kvæðum	poem
vísindi	vísindum	knowledge.nom.pl

otherwise:

append 'um'
apply rule 'on-u-umlaut'

Examples

From	To	Gloss	Expected
Norðlönd	Norðlöndum	Scandinavia
land	löndum	land
dagr	dögum	day	dögrum
sonr	sonum	son	sonrum
maðr	mönnum	man	möðrum
hermaðr	hermönnum	warrior	hermuðrum
skip	skipum	ship
fjórir	fjórum	four	fjórirum
hvárr	hvárum	each	hvárrum
tveir	tveggjum	two	tveirum
Rifsker	Rifskerjum	Rifsker	rifskerum
húskarl	húskörlum	house-old man	húskurlum
Kaldbeklingr	Kaldbeklingum	Kaldbeklingr	kaldbeklingrum
bót	bótum	adornment
áss	Ásum	god	ássum
Hrímþursr	Hrímþursum	frost giant	hrímþursrum
limar	limum	branches	limurum
fugl	fuglum	bird
álit	álitum	appearance

Orphan Examples

From	To	Gloss
Víkrmaðr	Víkrmönnum	bay-man

Referencing rules