Nouns are marked for Accusative, Genitive, Dative, Locative, Instrumental, Vocative, and Ablative cases by suffix.
Nominative: no affix required
Accusative: -(k)in
Genitive: -(m)os
Dative: -(d)ion
Locative: -(a)ža
Instrumental: -(u)kos
Vocative: -(a)la
Ablative: -(e)lhun
The ablative is used for specifying a time in which something happened, more or less than something, or movement away from something.
Additionally, Afaarmiša has a diminutive and augmentative infix. These infixes are placed between the first and second syllable.
Diminutive: -yam-
Augmentative: -očal-
Other than this, Afaarmiša lacks any gender, plural, or topic marker.
Afaarmiša lacks an indefinite article, so any noun without the definite article is indefinite by default. The definite article is a prefix sa- that is added before any other prefixes.
Nouns can have other affixes attached to modify the meaning.
-protoc: expert of X, practitioner of X, as in rilonhaž 'teaching, pedagogy' → rilonhažprotoc 'teacher'
-rimo: person who does X, as in malomša 'travelling, wandering' → malomšarimo 'traveller, wanderer'
-or: older X, as in rašerba 'town, city' → rašerbor 'old city'
-uir: person who likes X, -phile, as in istis 'bird' → istisuir 'bird-lover' or 'ornithophile'
-makor: person who dislikes X, -phobe, as in paiya 'person' → paiyamakor 'person-hater' or 'misanthrope'
-mus: makes the noun into an adjectival verb, as in rihlo 'music' → rihlomus 'musical'
-kol: establishment belonging to X, place of X, as in šoprotoc 'butcher' → šoprotockol 'butcher shop'
-daka: object relating to X, improving X, as in hain 'health' → haindaka 'medicine'
-žim: practice or art of X, as in šoruul 'war' → šoruulžim 'martial art'
-žimok: artist of X, as in šoruul 'war' → šoruulžimok 'martial artist'
-ničala: group of X, as in lipin 'dog' → lipiničala 'group of dogs' or 'pack of dogs'
-šom: meat of X, as in hun 'cow' → hunišom 'cow meat' or 'beef'
-marmažan: document relating to X, as in asališa 'peace' → asališamarmažan 'peace treaty'
-lohluno: study of X, as in galtižu 'language' → galtižulohluno 'linguistics'
-tuc: tool that does X, as in orgadasii 'pinning' → orgadasiituc 'pinning tool' or 'hammer'
-miša: language of X, as in nološ 'river' → nološmiša 'river language'
-er: land of X, as in nološ 'river' → nološer 'catchment'
-(a)lsa: shop that sells X, as in haindaka 'medicine' → haindakalsa 'medicine shop' or 'pharmacy'
-(e)tas: field for growing X, as in barumi 'wheat' → barumietas 'wheat field'
Adpositions are a suffix that goes before any case marker.
-ašla: above, as in čarobo 'house' → čaroboašla 'above a house'
-ušla: below, as in čarobo 'house' → čaroboušla 'below a house'
-laran: around, as in čarobo 'house' → čarobolaran 'around a house'
-mahluž: inside, amongst, as in čarobo 'house' → čarobomahluž 'inside a house'
-luk: about, as in čarobo 'house' → čaroboluk 'about a house'
-paanik: through, as in čarobo 'house' → čarobopaanik 'through a house'