| Case | Singular | Plural |
| nominative | deru | derun |
| accusative | deruk | derukum |
| genitive | derus | derusum |
| dative | deruc | derucum |
| instrumental | deruv | deruvum |
| allative | deruts | derutsum |
| ablative | derud | derudum |
| locative | deruks | deruksum |
I may nix the -um and place the case marker after a plural marker -n. =>
| case | plural |
| nominative | derun |
| accusative | derunk |
| genitive | deruns* |
| dative | derunc* |
| instrumental | derunv* |
| allative | derunts* |
| ablative | derund |
| locative | derunks* |
| case | pl option 1 - epenthetic vowel | pl option 2 - reduplication |
| nominative | derun | derun |
| accusative | derunk | derunk |
| genitive | derunsï | derunsu |
| dative | deruncï | deruncu |
| instrumental | derunvï | derunvu |
| allative | deruntsï | deruntsu |
| ablative | derund | derund |
| locative | derunksï | derunksu |
The second option would keep all plurals from appearing identical, at least in their surface form, although the underlying form would be -n(case ending)R where R is a reduplicated vowel. Whichever manner I choose, I would need to decide to the leave the other forms ending in a consonant or if I would add the same vowel by analogy:
| case | pl option 2 | pl option 2 w/ regularity by analogy |
| nominative | derun | derunu |
| accusative | derunk | derunku |
| genitive | derunsu | derunsu |
| dative | deruncu | deruncu |
| instrumental | derunvu | derunvu |
| allative | deruntsu | deruntsu |
| ablative | derund | derundu |
| locative | derunksu | derunksu |
Even with this change, this wouldn't preclude the inclusion of other irregularities, like nouns that have some other plural marker, or nouns that use a different stem altogether in the the plural forms. Decisions, decisions...
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