[[wikipedia:noun|Nouns]] in Lortho have three distinct features:

[[wikipedia:noun|Nouns]] in Lortho have three distinct features:

#They are one of three [https://linguifex.com/wiki/Guide:Gender genders]: masculine, feminine, or neuter

#They are one of three [[wikipedia:Grammatical_gender|genders]]: masculine, feminine, or neuter

#All nouns can be modified to denote case

#All nouns can be modified to denote case

#All nouns end in a vowel (with few exceptions)

#All nouns end in a vowel (with few exceptions)

!  style="background-color:#abcabc;" | Neuter

!  style="background-color:#abcabc;" | Neuter

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| '''tapas'''<br />''pasta'' ||  || '''dhi'''<br />''water''

| '''tapa'''<br />''pasta'' ||  || '''dhi'''<br />''water''

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! style="background-color:#abcabc;" | Translation

! style="background-color:#abcabc;" | Translation

|- style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"

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| [[wikipedia:Nominative_case|Nominative]] || - || kansaptha|| woods, forest

| [[wikipedia:Nominative_case|Nominative]] || &#x2205; || kansaptha|| woods, forest

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| [[wikipedia:Accusative_case|Accusative]] || -<!--(i)-->me || kansaptha<u>'''me'''</u>|| forest ''(direct obj.)''

| [[wikipedia:Accusative_case|Accusative]] || -<!--(i)-->me || kansaptha<u>'''me'''</u>|| forest ''(direct obj.)''

| [[wikipedia:Genitive_case|Genitive]]<sup style="font-size:0.7em;">1</sup> || -<!--(i)-->na<!--lo-->u || kansaptha<u>'''na<!--lo-->u'''</u> || of the forest

| [[wikipedia:Genitive_case|Genitive]]<sup style="font-size:0.7em;">1</sup> || -<!--(i)-->na<!--lo-->u || kansaptha<u>'''na<!--lo-->u'''</u> || of the forest

|- style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"

|- style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"

| [[wikipedia:Lative_case|Lative]]<sup style="font-size:0.7em;">2</sup> || -ina/ena || kansapta<u>'''ina'''</u> || in/into the forest

| [[wikipedia:Lative_case|Lative]]<sup style="font-size:0.7em;">2</sup> || -ina/ena<sup style="font-size: 0.7em;">3,4</sup> || kansapta<u>'''ina'''</u> || in/into the forest

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| [[wikipedia:Ablative_case|Ablative]] || -<!--(e)-->nat || kansaptha<u>'''nat'''</u> || out of/from the forest

| [[wikipedia:Ablative_case|Ablative]] || -<!--(e)-->nat || kansaptha<u>'''nat'''</u> || out of/from the forest

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