Nouns - 1

Nouns are, possibly, the most important class of words in any given language.

Elessic has no complex rules for Nouns, no genders or declensions. The most difficult thing is pluralization, but I'll get to that.

Nouns can display the following cases: Genetive, Dative 1, Dative 2.
I'll cover Cases once I have Nouns to use in examples and such.

Glossary:

anan - Sun

bek - Bear

ĉira - Magnolia

dal - Person

del - Water

dava - Elf

gwɪl - Cloud

ɪksɪl - Silk

lim - Tree

men - Place

sɪma - Flower

yon - Salt

Plurals:

By default, a Noun becomes plural by receiving an -r- between its last Consonant-Noun pair. For example: dal becomes dral, bek becomes brek, sɪma becomes sɪmra. Not all words can support this method, going through the following options in order:

A word like lim, which would become difficult/impossible to pronounce (lrim can't be said as a single syllable), instead takes -R-. Therefore, "Trees" is lRim.

A word which can't support an -R-, like gwɪl, instead receives a word-final -a.

A word which cannot take a word-final -a (due to already ending in a vowel), such as ĉira, take a word-final -n.

Obviously, some words have no need for a plural form in the traditional sense (these being non-count nouns, most often), but in some cases a plural form might be used for extra meaning (such as multiple groups of the noun, similar to as in English). This may also be used for contextual detailing, such as with del, which often is used as a suffix in naming bodies of water. del is used for stationary waters (lakes, ponds), and drel is used for moving water (rivers, the ocean).