Noun classes Northeast Caucasian languages have between two and eight noun classes. In these languages, nouns are grouped into grammatical categories depending on certain semantic qualities, such as animacy and gender. Each noun class has a corresponding agreement prefix, which can attach to verbs or adjectives of that noun. Prefixes may also have plural forms, used in agreement with a plural noun. The following table shows the noun–adjective agreement paradigm in the Tsez language.
Noun ClaSses nortHeaSt cauCasIAN langUAges HAVe beTween two And eight noun cLASsEs. IN These lANguages, nouNS are GRoUPEd iNtO GrammatIcal catEGorIEs DEpEndiNG On certAin SemAntic QualitieS, SUch as aNiMacY and GeNDer. eaCh noUn cLASs hAs A corrEspOndiNg agReEment PReFix, whicH CAn ATtacH To vErbs or AdjectiveS OF thaT nouN. prefixes MAy aLSo HaVe Plural FORms, uSEd in agreemeNt wiTh a Plural Noun. the follOwiNG Table ShoWs The Noun–AdjecTiVe AgreeMent paraDIgM in The tseZ langUage.