Class V

Nouns of Class V are all of the bestial gender. They derive from Class IV nouns where there was need to express some further distinction. Many of these nouns, though not all, reference female animals. Especially, in the case of domesticated animals or animals which are frequently the object of hunts.

Paradigm

ngadrē , dog (female):

Case Sing. Dl. Pl.
nom. ngadrē nengadrē hadrē
acc. ngēdrē nengēdrē hēdrē
gen. ngidrē nengidrē hidrē
dat. ngudrē nengudrē hudrē