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I am experimenting with the possibility of a slightly different paradigm for (a variety of) Old Fortunatian in which the genitive form of the former three case system develops into an indeclinable (by case) adjective preceding the noun which it modifies. Thus the paradigm from which the adjective develops would be: Masculine: 'slave' Sg, Nom. S8rb Acc. S8rb Gen. S8rbi Pl. Nom. S8rboS Acc. S8rboS Gen. S8rbor Feminine: 'slave' Sg, Nom. aNkir Acc. aNkir Gen. aNki\rre Pl. Nom. aNki\rraS Acc. aNki\rraS Gen. aNkrar Masculine: 'virgin' Sg, Nom. bi\rn Acc. bi\rn Gen. bi\rni\S Pl. Nom. bi\rneS Acc. bi\rneS Gen. bi\rn Thus the the Handmaidens of the Virgin would be rendered [bi\rni\S anki\rraS] Is there any recommendation on a useful distinction between a prenominal adjecective and a postnominal one? I also have an a different dialect which is similar, but privileges the nominative over the accusative. Masculine: 'slave' Sg, Nom. S8rbi\S Acc. S8rbi\S Gen. S8rbi Pl. Nom. S8rbi Acc. S8rboS Gen. S8rbor Feminine: 'slave' Sg, Nom. aNki\rra Acc. aNkir Gen. aNki\rre Pl. Nom. aNki\rre Acc. aNki\rraS Gen. aNkrar Masculine: 'virgin' Sg, Nom. bi\rd_Zo Acc. bi\rd_Zo Gen. bi\rni\S Pl. Nom. bi\rneS Acc. bi\rneS Gen. bi\rn