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The words źiśe and góle are in a suppletive relationship. In the nominative and accusative singular, źiśe and góle are both found; in these cases góle implies a young child (up to about 6 years old) and źiśe a somewhat older one. The genitive, dative, instrumental, and locative singular as well the entire dual are formed from góle, while the plural is formed from źiśe; in these cases there is no semantic distinction between the two roots.

declension of źiśe and góle

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	źiśe; góle	góleśi	źiśi
Genitive	góleśa	góleśowu	źiśi
Dative	góleśeju, góleśu	góleśoma	źiśam
Accusative	źiśe; góle	góleśi	źiśi
Instrumental	góleśim	góleśoma	źiśimi
Locative	góleśu	góleśoma	źiśach