N.Arit,Ant.
G.Arte,
D. and A.Arta,
V.Arit;
A.Artze,in,
Arde,by,
Artema,with ant.

Nónoguat, father, belongs to this declension, and forms the genitive nónauhte; but when preceded by a possessive pronoun, it loses the final guat, as has been stated, and the termination is left in o, to form the genitive in the first declension, as, no, my, no nónoque, of my father, which rule applies equally to other names of kindred.

Sometimes an ablative is formed in u, as teópatu, in the church, from teópa, hecátu, in the shade, from hecát.

Substantives of the Third Declension end in s, r, z, and form the genitive by the addition of e, and the accusative by i.

N.Utzvor,Pitahaya.
G.Utzvōre,
D. and A.Utzvori,
V.Utzvor,
A.Utzvortze,in,
Utzvorde,by,
Utzvorema,with pitahaya.

In this way decline tatas, crabapple,—gen. tatáse, dat. and acc. tatási, &c., also, porótz, wildcat, gen. porótze, dat. and acc. porótzi, &c.

To Adjective Nouns there has been an inclination to assign a separate place, but they terminate in a vowel, and there appears to be no reason why they should not go with substantives of the first declension.

N.Sóvei,obscure.
G.Sóveique,
D. and A.Sóvec,
V.Sóvei,
A.Sóvetzein,
Sóveide,by,
Sóveiquema,with obscure.

OF THE PLURAL.

15. Substantives, especially those animate of rational beings, usually form the