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====Icelandic==== The vocative case generally does not appear in [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], but a few words retain an archaic vocative declension from Latin, such as the word {{lang|is|[[wikt:Jesús#Icelandic|Jesús]]}}, which is {{lang|is|Jesú}} in the vocative. That comes from Latin, as the Latin for Jesus in the nominative is {{lang|la|Jesus}} and its vocative is {{lang|la|Jesu}}. That is also the case in traditional English (without the accent) (see [[#English|above]]): {{wiktionary|ó#Icelandic}} {| class="wikitable" !Nominative |{{lang|is|'''Jesús''' elskar þig.}} |Jesus loves you. |- !Vocative |{{lang|is|Ó '''Jesú''', frelsari okkar.}} |O Jesus, our saviour. |} The native words {{lang|is|[[wikt:sonur#Icelandic|sonur]]}} {{gloss|son}} and {{lang|is|[[wikt:vinur#Icelandic|vinur]]}} {{gloss|friend}} also sometimes appear in the shortened forms {{lang|is|son}} and {{lang|is|vin}} in vocative phrases. Additionally, adjectives in vocative phrases are always weakly declined, but elsewhere with proper nouns, they would usually be declined strongly: {| class="wikitable" !strong adjective, full noun |{{lang|is|Kær '''vinur''' er gulli betri.}} |A dear friend is better than gold. |- !weak adjective, shortened noun |{{lang|is|Kæri '''vin''', segðu mér nú sögu.}} |Dear friend, tell me a story. |}
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