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 The rule of replacing ''h-'' or ''ħ-'' with ''k-'' or ''s-'' still has the other rules apply to it. For a word like ''htera'' 'star', the three rules listed previously should be applied as if the ''h'' was not there, so ''ktera'' is not a valid special form, but ''stera'' is.
+==== Declension types ====
+There are many different declensions that a nominal can be part of. This section will cover them.
+'''The first declension'''
+Words in this declension generally come from words that ended in *''-os'' in Proto-Mallo-Brausian. This is considered the default and first declension.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -a
+| -ā
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -am
+| -az
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -asya
+| -ām
+|-
+!Ablative
+| -ād
+| -āva
+|-
+!Dative
+| -ā
+| -āva
+|}
+'''The second declension'''
+Nominals in this declensions have the same nominative singular and accusative singular form in ''-am''. Words in this declension generally come from words that ended in *''-om'' in Proto-Mallo-Brausian.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -am
+| -ā
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -am
+| -ā
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -asya
+| -ām
+|-
+!Ablative
+| -ād
+| -āva
+|-
+!Dative
+| -ā
+| -āva
+|}
+'''The third declension'''
+Nominals in this declensions are very similar to the first declension, with the only difference being in the ablative singular and plural, and the dative plural. Words in this declension generally come from words that ended in *''-eh₂'' in Proto-Mallo-Brausian.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -a
+| -ā
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -am
+| -az
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -asya
+| -ām
+|-
+!Ablative
+| -a
+| -aha
+|-
+!Dative
+| -ā
+| -aha
+|}
+'''The fourth declension'''
+Nominals in this declensions are notable for their presence of an '''/i/''' in all affixes. Words in this declension generally come from words that ended in *''-is'' in Proto-Mallo-Brausian.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -ia
+| -iā
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -im
+| -iz
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -ia
+| -iām
+|-
+!Ablative
+| -id
+| -īva
+|-
+!Dative
+| -ī
+| -īva
+|}
+'''The fifth declension'''
+Nominals in this declension are notable for their presence of nasals in most affixes. Words in this declension generally come from words that ended in *''-mn̥'' in Proto-Mallo-Brausian. Words of this declension are almost always '''iotic''' deverbal nouns in ''-man.''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -man
+| -ma
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -man
+| -ma
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -maz
+| -mana
+|-
+!Ablative
+| -maz
+| -mana
+|-
+!Dative
+| -māni
+| -mani
+|}
+'''The sixth declension'''
+Nominals in this declension are notable for their presence of nasals in most affixes. Words in this declension generally come from words that ended in *''-mn̥'' in Proto-Mallo-Brausian. Words of this declension are almost always '''aniotic''' deverbal nouns in ''-an''.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -an
+| -a
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -an
+| -a
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -az
+| -ana
+|-
+!Ablative
+| -az
+| -ana
+|-
+!Dative
+| -āni
+| -ani
+|}
+'''The seventh declension'''
+Nominals in this declensions are notable for their presence of an '''/u/''' in all affixes. Words in this declension generally come from words that ended in *''-us'' in Proto-Mallo-Brausian.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -ua
+| -uā
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -um
+| -uvaz
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -uz
+| -uām
+|-
+!Ablative
+| -uz
+| -ūva
+|-
+!Dative
+| -ū
+| -ūva
+|}
+'''The eighth declension'''
+Words in this declension generally come from words that ended in *''-ōl'' in Proto-Mallo-Brausian.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -a
+| -ā
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -am
+| -āz
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -a
+| -ām
+|-
+!Ablative
+| -ad
+| -ava
+|-
+!Dative
+| -ā
+| -ava
+|}
+'''The ninth declension'''
+Words in this declension generally come from words that ended in ''*-r̥'' in Proto-Mallo-Brausian.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+!Nominative
+| -a
+| -ā
+|-
+!Accusative
+| -am
+| -āz
+|-
+!Genitive
+| -az
+| -ana
+|-
+!Ablative
+| -az
+| -ana
+|-
+!Dative
+| -ani
+| -ani
+|}
+'''Other unusual nouns'''
+There are nouns that do not fit properly into a declension. Many of these are body parts, such as ''ħaqsa'' 'eye', and some of them have retained an unusual nominative plural in ''-ī''. These are preserved duals that have become the standard plural for these words and it is likely due to these nouns coming in pairs.
 === Verbs ===

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