Part of speech: noun
Gender: neuter
Stem: -s-
(pl cildru, cildra) child (also cyld)
Etymology
[Mod E CHILD (pl CHILDREN also CHILDRE obs) ← Prot-Germ *kelþan; cf Goth kilþei “womb, uterus”, in-kilþō “pregnant”; Dan kuld, Sw kull “brood, litter (young birds or animals produced at one hatching or birth)”]
Paradigm
1.2.4. -s- stem nouns
This type of declension includes several neut nouns, whose main distinctive feature is the fact that they consistently retain the old stem-forming suffix -r- (← *-z- ← -s-).
In Mod E, the word stemming from this type is child, pl children [← OE cildru + -en].
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nouns, -s- stem, masculine gender
lomb
(lamb) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lomb | lombru |
| genitive | lombes | lombra |
| dative (instrumental) | lombe | lombrum |
| accusative | lomb | lombru |
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