Category:Old Norse jō-stem nouns
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Old Norse jō-stem nouns.
These nouns are feminine, typically with the following endings:
- in the nominative singular: the bare stem;
- in the genitive singular: -jar;
- in the nominative plural: -jar.
The stem classes are named from the perspective of Proto-Germanic and may not still be visible in Old Norse inflections. This class derives from Proto-Germanic ō-stems ending in j after a light root, a vowel or a velar. As a result, the stem has i-umlaut throughout.