Declension

General remarks

There are in CS:

3 numbers (sg, du, pl)

3 genders (m, n, f)

8 cases (N, A, I, D, Ab, G, L, V)

S = ^DcS^- ^DcA	>	vocalic declension (^ADc)	(1)
S = ^DcS^- ^DcA ^DcK	>	consonantal declension (^KDc)	(2)

^ADc show no gradation in S

(3)

^KDc may show gradation in S:	(4)
strong S (^SKS, ■) : NAV/sg, NAV/du and NV/pl	(5)
middle S (^MKS, ▷) : IDAb/du and IDAbL/pl	(6)
weakest S (^WKS): the rest	(7)

(note:this gradation has nothing to do with vowel gradation)

Many S show only two gradations in which case ^MKS and ^WKS form one the weak S group, also denoted by ^WKS since there is no risk of confusion.

Sometimes the pure stem (^PKS, ▸) has to be noted specifically when it is not equal to neither of ^SKS, ^MKSnor ^WKS

The symbols ^SS, ^PS, ^MSand ^WS are used whenever the ^KDc context is obvious.

All S with gradation are in this work quoted as ^PS which most often equal ^SS