Appendix:Greenlandic declension

See also: Appendix:Greenlandic suffixes

Declension of Greenlandic nouns are notoriously complex due to many morphophonological processes. These processes can be explained by Proto-Eskimoic archiphonemes, according to An Introduction to West Greenlandic (version 2.3) by Stian Lubeck from 2022.

However, for simplicity, Finnish-like nominal types would be used here.

Endings

The following are the standard case endings, accounting to syncretism:

Case	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	-∅	-t
Ergative	-p
Instrumental	-mik	-nik
Allative	-mut	-nut
Ablative	-mit	-nit
Locative	-mi	-ni
Prolative	-kkut	-tigut
Equative	-tut

Possessives

In many cases, singular and plurals are indistinguishable (or syncretized). The equative case only distinguishes number in the 3rd person possessives.

First-person singular (1sg) possessive

Case	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	-ga	-kka
Ergative	-ma
Instrumental	-nnik
Allative	-nnut
Ablative	-nnit
Locative	-nni
Prolative	-kkut
Equative	-ttut

Second person singular (2sg) possessive

Case	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	-t	-tit
Ergative	-vit
Instrumental	-nnik
Allative	-nnut
Ablative	-nnit
Locative	-nni
Prolative	-kkut
Equative	-ttut

Third person singular (3sg) possessive

Case	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	-a	-i
Ergative	-ata	-isa
Instrumental	-anik	-inik
Allative	-anut	-inut
Ablative	-anit	-init
Locative	-ani	-ini
Prolative	-agut	-isigut
Equative	-atut	-isut

Fourth person singular (4sg) possessive

Case	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	-ni
Ergative	-mi
Instrumental	-minik
Allative	-minut
Ablative	-minit
Locative	-mini
Prolative	-migut
Equative	-misut

Types

Singular				Plural			Notes
Absolutive	Ergative	Instrumental	3sg	Absolutive	Instrumental	3pl
sila	silap	silamik	silaa	silat	silanik	silaat	Ending in -a or *-ə → -i.
illu	illup	illumik	illua	illut	illunik	illui	Ending in -i or -u.
angut	angutip	angummik, angutimik	angutaa	angutit	angutinik	angutaat	Ending in -t.
aallaat	aallaasip	aallaammik	aallaasaa	aallaasit	aallaasinik	aallaasaat	Same as type angut, but with assibilation.