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THE SECOND DECLENSION.
71. All nouns of the 2nd declension are feminine.[1] They all end in consonants, but the consonants may be either broad or slender.
72. The genitive singular is formed by adding e, (if the last vowel of the nominative be broad it must be attenuated); and if the last consonant be ċ it is changed into ġ in the genitive (except in words of one syllable).
73. The dative singular is got by dropping the final e of the genitive.
74. The nominative plural is formed by adding a or e (a, if final consonant be broad) to the nom. sing.
Examples.
| 75. | lil, a lily. | |
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |
| Nom. & Acc. | lil | lile |
| Gen. | lile | lil |
| Dat. | lil | liliḃ |
| Voc. | a lil | a lile |
| 76. | cos, a foot[2] or a leg. | |
| Nom. & Acc. | cos | cosa |
| Gen. | coise | cos |
| Dat. | cois | cosaiḃ |
| Voc. | a ċos | a ċosa |
