314 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII, 
for -a if the dir. ends in -@, e.g. bhala: bhalé. TU the dir. itself 
ends in -é no change is made, e.g. kett2. 
The fem. obl. is formed from the fem. dir. by lengthen- 
ing ‘ to 7, e.g. gil’: gilt. If the dir. itself ends in 7 no change 
is made, e.g. bhali: bhali. 
ote.—Fem. dir. is never used with a plural noun. 
§ 38. Adjectives which do not change for gender do not 
change for number and case either, and those which change 
optionally for gender change optionally for number and case 
also, e.g. sapét: sapét, karu: karti or karué 
39. If an adjective is used as a noun, its obl. form (or 
the dir. itself if there is no obl.) serves as the sg. obl., e.g. 
acche ka rakhi léu—retain the good (boy), but it forms the pl. 
obl. by adding terminations like ordinary nouns! to its obl. 
form or to the dir. if there is no obl., e.g. hia kharab au acché 
dinau tana k¢ admit hai—here are boys of both sorts, good and 
bad, accha acchen ka rakh' leu kharaban ka bahira nikari déu— 
all right, retain the good but turn the bad out. 
Degrees of Comparison. 
CHAPTER IV. 
NUMERALS. 
Cardinals. 
§ 42. The following are the cardinal numerals :— 

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