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Dative: fourth declension.
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("Some first declension nouns ending in 'a' are masculine").
Except for the i-stem and consonant stem declensional classes, which it combines into one group (listed in grammar books as the third declension), Latin kept distinct most of the declensional classes inherited from Indo-European.
Most Mangalorean Catholic names for males follow the second declension.
Among women, the names follow the first declension, while among young girls, the names follow the second declension.
Portuguese surnames like D'Souza, Coelho, and Pinto are common among Mangalorean Catholics, and generally follow the second declension.
It appears to be derived from the ancient Latin word 'glomus' (plural glomera), third declension, neutral gender, which means 'a clew, ball made by winding' [ 8].
Ablative: fifth declension.
Genitive: third declension.
Accusative: second declension.
The second declension accusative singular, for example, is identical to the third declension genitive plural feminine.
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