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Chapter 14: Weak Nouns Fourth Declension ("weak") nouns are nouns whose stems end in a vowel (except for nouns that end in u, which are either third declension or minor declension). You do not need to be concerned about the gender of a fourth declension noun. Some Fourth Declension (Weak) Nouns: Old Modern English English blostma draca eage sceaða hæte flower dragon eye enemy heat The endings for these nouns are given in the table below (the dash - indicates that the stem gets no additional ending) Fourth Declension (Weak) Nouns Paradigm Case Nominative Genitive Accusative Dative and Instrumental Singular Plural an an an an ena an um Fourth Declension (Weak) Singular Nouns: Examples Case Old English Translation Nominative draca dragon (subject) Genitive dracan of the dragon Accusative dracan dragon (direct object) with the dragon Dative and Instrumental dracan dragon (indirect object) Fourth Declension (Weak) Plural Nouns: Examples Case Old English Translation Nominative dracan dragons (subject) Genitive dracena of the dragons Accusative dracan dragons (direct object) with the dragons Dative/Instrumental dracum dragons (indirect object)