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III. When Arabic adjectives and participles are 

 made use of to qualify Arabic or Persian substantives 

 feminine and plural, they are put in the feminine sin- 

 gular ; and often, though not so properly, in the 

 masculine singular. 



Ex. 



j . an Arabic sub. 

 fem. plur. with 

 Arabic part. sin. 



both fem. masc. jy «X* *jy ♦>■* ^li>X£j the said burthens 

 2. a Persian sub. fem. 

 plur. with Arabic 

 part. sing, both fem. 



and mas. <3y&yc siyoyA (j_y->j accomplished \vo- 



IV. An Arabic substantive, in the Persian, is often 

 rendered definite by a following Arabic adjective or 

 participle having the articled prefixed. 



Ex. a sub. with a part. pas. JCxk+iS (S xj the prophet elect 



For an account of the genders of Arabic words, 

 and of their perfect and imperfect plurals, I must 

 again refer to Mr. Richardson' 's Arabic Grammar; 

 and to that of Erpenius, where the latter subject is 

 treated at still greater length. 



Of the INTRODUCTION of the ARABIC 

 into the LANGUAGE of HINDOSTAN. 



I. All the different species of infinitives, partici- 

 ples, substantives, and adjectives, which we have 

 enumerated ; and all compounds formed by Arabic 



