Noun declension – Neuters Ι

Like masculine and feminine nouns , neuters also are  divided in 2 categories : isosyllava and anisosyllava. There are 3 subcategories for each of them …So we can present the whole picture in 6 tables .

In general , we can notice that all nouns in each number have 3 declensions similar – nominative, accusative and vocative , p.e.  το άλσος, τα άλση (changes only in genitive becoming  του άλσους, των αλσών).
The anisosyllava neuters in the genitive of the plural are stressed always on the ante-penultimate syllable.
The genitive of the plural of all neuters is ending in -ων.

Let’s examine each category separately.

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• In the first subcategory are those ones ending in -ο. Such words are το παλτό, το νερό , το ποσό, το φτερό (wing) etc. Let’s decline the word το φτερό

Nominative	Genitive	Accusative	Vocative
το φτερό	του φτερού	το φτερό	φτερό
τα φτερά	των φτερών	τα φτερά	φτερά

• In the second one belong these ending in -ί ,  like the neuters το αρνί , το σφυρί , το αηδόνι , το χιόνι , το καλοκαίρι ..Let’s take the word το αστέρι (the star)  p.e.

Nominative	Genitive	Accusative	Vocative
το αστέρι	του αστεριού	το αστέρι	αστέρι
τα αστέρια	των αστεριών	τα αστέρια	αστέρια

• The last subcategory of isosyllava is the ones ending on -ος, like το βέλος, το άλσος, το βρέφος  (the baby), το δάσος  (the forest)…

Nominative	Genitive	Accusative	Vocative
το δάσος	του δάσους	το δάσος	δάσος
τα δάση	των δασών	τα δάση	δάση

Due to  lack of time the last days I have to break this post in two pieces. I will examine the anisosyllava in my next post. It is late now and I have to prepare my bag for a long journey to Molista.

My family's house in Molista

It is a Greek village on the Pindos mountain range where my father’s family comes from. We have some maintenance  to do on our house there.  Since I come back from there I will leave for Piestany resort in Slovakia where I will follow an Esperanto meeting.

Hope to find an interval so I can post all about the anisosyllava neuter nouns …