Restored Egyptian - nouns

Here is the noun morphology of Restored Egyptian (RE):

Nouns are formed from roots, and can have one, two or more
syllables, although 2 syllables is most common. Syllables can
be VC, CV and CVC.

RE nouns come in two genders, masculine and feminine, and three
numbers, singular, plural and dual.

Masculine nouns are formed from roots using one of several
patterns.  While the patterns are regular, there is no way to
predict beforehand which pattern a root will use.

          Sg.           pl.             Dual
Pattern:  CaaC          CaCuuwaw        CaCuuwwii
Example:  paar 'house'  paruuwaw        paruuwwii

Pattern:  CaaCaC        CaCuuCaw        CaCuuCwii
Example:  naatar 'god'  natuuraw        natuurwii

Pattern:  CiiC          CiiCaw          CiiCwii
Example:  xiit 'stick'  xiitaw          xiitwii

Feminine nouns can be derived from masculine nouns or
formed directly from feminine roots.  Plurals drop
the final -t and add -wat to the stem (short i
changes to long ii).  Dual drops the -wat of the
plural and adds -tii.

From masculine noun (NB CaaCaC > CaaCC-):
    xam 'person' > xamat 'woman'     xamwat  xamtii
    naatar 'god' > naatrat 'goddess' naatrawat naatratii
Direct derivation:
    CaCat    sakhat 'field'  sakhawat  sakhatii
    CiiCat   diipat 'boat'   diipawat  diipatii
    CaCCat   ranpat 'year'   ranpawat  ranpatii
    Cit      xit    'thing'  xiiwat    xiitii

Accent is a stress accent and falls on the next to
last syllable.  Long and short vowels can appear in
stressed or unstressed syllables.

The final -t of the feminine singular is dropped in
isolation, but reappears in various cases (eg. when
suffixes are added).  The final -t of the plural
does not drop off.

Final -r in masculine singular also drops off in the
same way, so 'god' is pronounced /'na:ta/, and 'goddess'
/'na:tra/, in the singular.

-- Terry

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