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Forms of the First Declension

Here are all the first declension femine nouns in Croy arranged according to this chart (the number indicates the Croy lesson number):

	Ultimate Stress	Penultimate Stress	Antepenultimate Stress
Alpha	28 χαρά, χαράς	3 βασιλεία, βασιλείας 32 χρεία, χρείας 3 ἐκκλησία, ἐκκλησίας 3 καρδία, καρδίας 7 ἁμαρτία, ἁμαρτίας 8 ἐξουσία, ἐξουσίας 24 σοφία, σοφίας 31 ἐπαγγελία, ἐπαγγελίας 32 σωτηρία, σωτηρίας 3 ἡμέρα, ἡμέρας 3 ὥρα, ὥρας 20 θύρα, θύρας	3 ἀλήθεια, ἀληθείας
Eta	3 ἀδελφή, ἀδελφής 3 γῆ, γῆς 3 ζωή, ζωής 3 φωνή, φωνής 7 ψυχή, ψυχής 13 κεφαλή, κεφαλής 19 συναγωγή, συναγωγής 20 φυλακή, φυλακής 22 ἐντολή, ἐντολής 23 γραφή, γραφής 24 αρχή, αρχής 24 παραβολή, παραβολής	7 ἀγάπη, ἀγάπης 8 εἰρήνη, εἰρήνης 13 δικαιοσύνη, δικαιοσύνης 23 κώμη, κώμης	(impossible by definition: a word ending in eta cannot have antepenultimate stress)
Mixed	(no examples - the "mixed" first declension is quite rare compared to the pure alpha and pure eta forms)	3 δόξα, δόξης 24 γλῶσσα, γλώσσης	3 θάλασσα, θαλάσσης

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