Fergiartic distinguishes three genders (masculine, feminine, neutral) and two numbers (singular, plural). The nouns of Fergiartic are organized into six declensions: four vocalic declensions, the consonantic and the so-called root-declension. Since three of the vocalic declensions have an -a in the nominative singular, they are normally distinguished by their genitive form and are numbered consecutively.
The first declension consists for the most part of feminine nouns; the few masculine exceptions like nouns with -kela ("inhabitant of, actor") decline like the feminine nouns.
Example: rota, rotay (the wheel)
| sg. | nom. | rota | pl. | nom. | rota |
| gen. | rotay | gen. | rotun | ||
| dat. | rota | dat. | ratêbya | ||
| acc. | rotan | acc. | rotan |
The second vocalic declension contains masculine
and neutral nouns. Names of cities, islands and rivers, as well
as the names of trees in this declension are feminine!
masculine: example: nera, nerasha (the man)
| sg. | nom. | nera | pl. | Nom. | neru |
| gen. | nerasha | gen. | nerun | ||
| dat. | nero | dat. | nero | ||
| acc. | neran | acc. | neran |
neutral: example: yenashan, yenoshasha (the gender, the lineage)
| sg. | nom. | yenashan | pl. | nom. | yenasha |
| gen. | yenoshasha | gen. | yenashun | ||
| dat. | yenasho | dat. | yenasho | ||
| acc. | yenashan | acc, | yenashan |
This declensions consists in the main part of masculine and neutral nouns; some few exceptions like mana (wrist) and vêya (beech) are feminine but decline like masculine nouns.
masculine: hauna, haune (the son)
| sg. | nom. | hauna | pl. | nom. | haune |
| gen. | haune | gen. | humbun | ||
| dat. | humbe | dat. | haunava | ||
| acc. | haunan | acc. | haunan |
Note: In the endings of the dat. sg. and gen.pl. the change of vowels in hauna stem from phonetic changes during the history of the Fergiartic language (diachronic change). The feminine mana for example has no such changes in these forms; dat. sg. mambe, gen. pl mambun. With vêya these forms are vêge, vêgun instead.
neutral: sarna, sarne (the horn,
n.)
| sg. | nom. | sarna | pl. | nom. | sarnu |
| gen. | sarne | gen. | sarmbun | ||
| dat. | sarmbe | dat. | sarnava | ||
| acc. | sarna | acc.. | sarnu |
The fourth, or i-declension (because of the -i in the nominative singular) consists mainly of feminine nouns with the exception of a few masculine and neutral nouns like gôsi (guest, m.). These masculine nouns decline like feminine nouns, since they often can function as those.
feminine: ogi, oigya (the sheep)
| sg. | nom. | ogi | pl. | nom. | oge |
| gen. | oigya | gen. | oigyun | ||
| dat. | oigye | dat. | ogiva | ||
| acc. | ogin | acc. | ogin |
neutral: mare, mairya (the sea)
| sg. | nom. | mare | pl. | nom. | mairye |
| gen. | mairya | gen. | mairyun | ||
| dat. | mairye | dat. | mariva | ||
| acc. | mare | acc. | mairye |
Note: Here also phonetic changes can take place;e.g. manti (thought, f.) in the gen. sg. mainza, in the dative mainze and in the gen.pl. mainzun. Similarly the masculine poti (master):gen. sg. poiza etc.
The paradigms of declension are more complex
with the nouns of this declension. All three genders are possible,
often with different kinds of declension.
The simplest type are root subtantives like the masculine dos
(leader):
| sg. | nom. | dos | pl. | nom. | dose |
| gen. | dosa | gen. | dosun | ||
| dat. | dose | dat. | dobba | ||
| acc. | dosan | acc. | dosan |
Nouns ending on -s resp. -y follow this
pattern: gûs (voice, f.), rîy (judge,
m.) and nouns on plosives like e.g. ped (foot, m.), dant
(tooth, m.). In these examples the dat. pl. is gobba (to
the voices), rebba (to the judges), pebba (to the
feet) and damba (to the teeth).
Neutral nouns like âs, âse (bone) decline
as regularly:
| sg. | nom. | âs | pl. | nom. | âsa |
| gen. | âse | gen. | âsun | ||
| dat. | âsan | dat. | âsa | ||
| acc. | âs | acc. | âsa |
More difficult are the paradigmas of nasal nouns and neutra on -ar.
nasal nouns: prese (request, f.):
| sg. | nom. | prese | pl. | nom. | presene |
| gen. | presena | gen. | presenun | ||
| dat. | presene | dat. | presêma | ||
| acc. | presenin | acc. | presenan |
Masculine decline like feminine nouns: e.g. pose, posena (the tail).
neutral: nûman (name):
| sg. | nom. | nûman | pl. | nom. | nonna |
| gen. | nonna | gen. | nonnun | ||
| dat. | nonne | dat. | nomâma | ||
| acc. | nûman | acc. | nonna |
Another group has -ar in the nominative: e.g. godar (water):
| sg. | nom. | godar | pl. | nom. | gonne |
| gen. | gonna | gen. | gonnun | ||
| dat. | gonne | dat. | gadâma | ||
| acc. | gonnan | acc. | gonnan |
Also to this class belong yekar, yenna (liver), geyar, gêna (spring), goyar, gôna (hand) and sorpa, sornna (body).
Terms of kinship on -er lose the vowel in the other cases: e.g. mêter (mother, f.):
| sg. | nom. | mêter | pl. | nom. | matre |
| gen. | matra | gen. | matrun | ||
| dat. | matre | dat. | mêtarba | ||
| acc. | matran | acc. | matran |
Another small, autonomous group of nouns has stem vowel + consonat in the nominative and accusative singular, but v/y in the other cases. These nouns are masculine and feminine.
1st type: nouns on -v; e.g. gôs
(cow, f.)
| sg. | nom. | gôs | pl. | nom. | gove |
| gen. | gove | gen. | govun | ||
| dat. | gove | dat. | gova | ||
| acc. | gûn | acc. | govan |
Like gôs decline also yês, yeve (god, goddess), yôs, yove (belly, m.) and nâs, nave (ship, f.).
2nd type: nouns on -y; e.g. rês (treasure, possession,
f.):
| sg. | nom. | rês | pl. | nom. | reye |
| gen. | reye | gen. | reyun | ||
| Dat. | reye | dat. | reya | ||
| acc. | rîn | acc. | reyan |
Like rês decline only lês, leye (skin, f.) and mês, meye (meekness, f.)
