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nouns: · a-stems · va-stems · ja-stems · ia-stems · ô-stems · vô-stems · jô-stems · iô-stems · i-stems · u-stems · an-stems · ôn-stems · în-stems · nd-stems · root nouns · r-stems · nouns: R-STEMS There are only 5 r-stems in ON, namely the words for 'father', 'mother', 'brother', 'sister' and 'daughter', and they are all inflected alike, except for the dative singular, eventhough the words for the masculine relatives are masculine and those for the feminine relatives are feminine.
sing: nom: -êr < -êr < -êr ; gen: -ur < -urs < -rs ; dat: -i < -i < loc. -i ; acc: plur: nom: -riR < -riz < -res ; gen: -rô < -rôn < -rôm ; dat: -rumR < -rumiz < -rmes ; acc: =a-stem © Peter Pettersson
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