niv

Laefevian

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dog (a mammal of the family Canidae)
Maeǧ hnulgurvai stanel, niv tennais lôn furnul.
When I came back home, the dog was sleeping under the table.
(taxonomy) Canis (genus)
Synonym: dant

Primary case declension of niv (see Laefevian declension)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	niv	nivund	nivir
accusative	nive	nivundi	nivi
genitive	nivau	nivundas	nivas, niviras^†
dative	nivun	nivundon	niviron^s, nivon^c
locative	nivul	nivundos	niviros^s, nivos^c
instrumental	nivô	nivundêt	nivirêt^s, nivêt^c
Note: ^† archaic, ^s standard or formal, ^c colloquial or informal.

Secondary case declension of niv (see Laefevian declension)
accusative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
sublative	nivere	nivundire	nivire
illative	nivele	nivundile	nivile
benefactive	nivear	nivundiar	niviar
prolative	nivekwe	nivundikwe	nivikwe
causal-final	nivedis	nivundirris	nivirris
genitive-based cases	singular	dual	plural
delative	nivôka	nivundirka	nivirka
elative	nivôtan	nivundirtan	nivirtan
ablative	nivaôn	nivundiruôn	niviruôn
essive	nivôjøn	nivundirjøn	nivirjøn
abessive	nivôze	nivundirse	nivirse
dative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
terminative	nivumas	nivundirmas	nivirmas
lative	nivunši	nivundirši	nivirši
locative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
superessive	nivunere^s, nivuner^c	nivundirorre^s, nivundorre^c	nivirorre^s, nivorre^c
inessive	nivulle	nivundirolle^s, nivundolle^c	nivirolle^s, nivolle^c
exessive	nivunun	nivundirsun	nivirsun
perlative	nivuffêl	nivundirfêl	nivirfêl
instrumental-based cases	singular	dual	plural
translative	nivôske	nivundirêske^s, nivundêske^c	nivirêske^s, nivêske^c
comitative	nivôsôd^s, nivôd^c	nivundirtôd^s, nivundôd^c	nivirtôd
Note: ^s standard or formal, ^c colloquial or informal.

(taxonomic rank):

(genus): hlikuêtêljir (“Eukaryota”, domain) — irisir (“Animalia”, kingdom) — elkwirfêljir (“Chordata”, phylum) — sunuldêljir (“Vertebrata”, subphylum) — delgêljir (“Mammalia”, class) — þarnir (“Carnivora”, order) — nivimbuhtessir (“Caniformia”, suborder) — nivvêttir (“Canidae”, family) — niviellir (“Caninae”, subfamily) — nivkjar (“Canini”, tribe)

Forms of niv prefixed with -mpu- (“favourite”)
possessor	singular	dual	plural
1^st person	ompuniv	þempuniv	ampuniv
2^nd person	impuniv	fimpuniv	sômpuniv
3^rd person	jampuniv	lumpuniv	lampuniv
reflexive	ympuniv
impersonal	ampuniv

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