Editing Lycian language (section)

=== Nouns ===
Nouns and adjectives distinguish [[grammatical number|singular and plural]] forms. A [[dual (grammatical number)|dual]] has not been found in Lycian. There are two [[grammatical gender|genders]]: animate (or 'common') and inanimate (or 'neuter'). Instead of the [[genitive case|genitive]] singular case normally a so-called [[possessive]] (or "genitival adjective") is used, as is common practice in the [[Luwic languages]]: a suffix -(e)h- is added to the root of a substantive, and thus an adjective is formed that is declined in turn.

Nouns can be divided in five declension groups: ''a''-stems, ''e''-stems, ''i''-stems, consonant stems, and mixed stems; the differences between the groups are very minor. The declension of nouns goes as follows:<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Laroche |first1=Emmanuel |title=L'inscription lycienne |journal=Fouilles de Xanthos |date=1979 |volume=VI |pages=51-128: 87, 119-122}}</ref><ref name="kloekhorst2013">{{cite journal |last1=Kloekhorst |first1=Alwin |title=Ликийский язык (The Lycian language), in: Языки мира: Реликтовые индоевропейские языки Передней и Центральной Азии (Languages of the World: Relict Indo-European languages of Western and Central Asia) |journal=Языки Мира: Реликтовые Индоевропейские Языки Передней И Центральной Азии &#91;"Languages of the World: Relict Indo-European Languages of Western and Central Asia"&#93; (Edd. Y.b. Koryakov & A.a. Kibrik), Moscow, 2013, 131-154 |date=2013 |publisher=Москва Academia |location=Moscow |pages=131–154 |url=https://www.academia.edu/5549740 |access-date=2021-04-17}}  (in Russian)</ref><ref name="didier">{{cite journal |last1=Calin |first1=Didier |title=A short English-Lycian/Milyan lexicon |url=https://www.academia.edu/38134494 |website=Academia |date=January 2019 |access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | case
! colspan="2" | ending
! ''lada''<br>'wife, lady' !! ''tideimi''<br>'son, child' || ''tuhes''<br>'nephew, niece' || ''tese''<br>'vow, oath' || ''atlahi''<br>'own'
|-
! animate || inanimate || (a-stem) || (i/e-stem) || (consonant stem) || (inanimate) || (adjective){{efn|''atlahi'' is the possessive derivative of ''atla'', 'person'.}}
|-
| valign="top" rowspan="6" | Singular || [[nominative case|Nominative]] || align="center" | -Ø, -s || align="center" rowspan="2" | -~, -Ø, -yẽ || lad'''a''' || tideim'''i''' || tuhe'''s''' || rowspan="2" | (tese) || atlah'''i'''
|-
| [[accusative case|Accusative]] || align="center" | -~, -u, -ñ || lad'''ã''', lad'''u''' || tideim'''i''' || tuhe'''sñ''' || atlah'''i'''
|-
| [[ergative case|Ergative]] || align="center" | — || align="center" | ? ||  ||  ||  || || 
|-
| [[dative case|Dative]] || colspan="2" align="center" | -i || lad'''i''' || tideim'''i''' || tuhe'''si''' || || atlah'''i'''
|-
| [[locative case|Locative]] || colspan="2" align="center" | -a, -e, -i || (lada) || (tideime) ||  || tes'''i''' || (atlahi)
|-
| [[genitive case|Genitive]] || colspan="2" align="center" | -Ø, -h(e);<br>[[Possessive]]: -(e)he-, -(e)hi- || (Poss.:) laθ'''θi''' ||  || || ||
|-
| SIng., Pl. || [[ablative case|Ablative]]-[[instrumental case|instrumental]] || align="center" colspan="2" | -di || (ladadi) || (tideimedi) || tuhe'''di''' || ||
|-
| valign="top" rowspan="6" | Plural || Nominative || align="center" | ~-i || align="center" rowspan="2" | -a || lad'''ãi''' ||  tideim'''i''' || tuh'''ẽi''' || rowspan="2" | tas'''a''' ||
|-
| Accusative || align="center" | -s || lad'''as''' || tideim'''is''' || ||
|-
| Ergative || align="center" | — || align="center" | -ẽti ||  ||  ||  || tes'''ẽti''', tes'''eti''' || 
|-
| Dative/Locative || colspan="2" align="center" | -e, -a || lad'''a''' || tideim'''e''' || tuhe || tes'''e''' || atlah'''e'''
|-
| Genitive || colspan="2" align="center" | -ẽ, -ãi || lad'''ãi''' (?) || tideim'''ẽ''' ||  ||  ||
|}
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