User:Neitrāls vārds/Moksha declension

Moksha nominal declension is usually determined by the final sound(s) of a word.

In rare cases additional considerations can come into play:
 * syllable count
 * monosyllables ending in  behave like the most regular vowel-stem type, 2 and more syllable words ending in -и  get an  interfix in some forms. This may be due to the fact that the agentive -и contains an underlying (deleted) *-j element(?)
 * etymology/derivation determines declension type:
 * deverbal nouns (, etc.) have the most regular vowel-stem inflection.
 * няема : няемань
 * words like have orthographic shift to
 * калма : калмода
 * unexpectedly behaves like the elision type (plural (Poljakov)), although morphologically it could be viewed as one of the highly regular -ма deverbals (in this case of ). This is a special case, otherwise there are countless attestations of regular inflection of -ма deverbals.

Usage of soft sign is governed by Appendix:Moksha spelling of soft consonants, this has bearing on Appendix:Moksha definite declension.

Appendix:Moksha possessive declension is partially derived from the indefinite paradigm.

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Vowel stems

 * , ~нь, ~да, ~са, ~ста, ~с, ~ва, ~шка, ~фтома, ~кс, ~нкса; pl ~т; def ~сь

front-back
front vowel switching to back vowel could be explained by м not being one of the paired consonants
 * , ~онь, ~ода, ~оса, ~оста, ~ос, ~ова, ~ошка, ~офтома, ~окс, ~онкса; pl ~от; def ~ось

back-front
words ending in -ша; switch could be explained by ш being always hard
 * , ~ень, ~еда, ~еса, ~еста, ~ес, ~ева, ~ешка, ~ефтома, ~екс, ~енкса; pl ~ет; def ~есь