Template:mch-decl/documentation

This template creates a declension table for all four declensions of nouns, with varying parameters depending on the specific paradigm used.

Parameters
Possible values:,  ,  ,
 * : Short for "class" - the declension paradigm used (required)

Possible values: anything
 * : Short for "first (form)" - the citation form of the noun (required)

Possible values: empty (defaults to the parameter  if empty), anything
 * : Short for "second (form)" - an irregular nominal stem appearing before certain suffixes (only used for paradigms 1, 2, 3)

Possible values: empty (paradigms 1, 2, 3) (defaults to the parameter  if empty), anything (includes nominative suffix for paradigm 4)
 * : Short for "nominative (stem)" - the form of the noun used before the nominative suffix, accounting for both the presence of a second form stem and the short vowel rule (required for paradigm 4)

Possible values: empty (paradigms 1, 2),  (paradigms 1, 2), ,   (paradigm 3)
 * : Short for "dorsal (consonant)" - the form of a certain suffix used in some nouns (only used for paradigms 1, 2, 3)

Possible values: anything (1-2 letters)
 * : Short for "final consonant" - the final consonant of a noun used for reduplication in a first declension noun (required for paradigm 1) (only used for paradigm 1)

Possible values: empty,
 * : Short for "end in vowel" - whether the nominal stem ends in a vowel, used for determining whether epenthesis occurs with a certain suffix (required for paradigm 1) (only used for paradigm 1)

Possible values: empty, ,
 * : Short for "initial vowel" - the initial vowel of a noun, used to determine whether number prefixes merge into the root of a fourth declension noun (only used for paradigm 4)