226 Appendi« D. 
Mr, Bowring has, perhaps, in the examples which he has given, put 
the declension of the noun rather too simply. He has used the unin- 
flected Indian form ‘ Manush’ for man and the Persian word ‘ Zananah’ 
for woman. He shows, however, that most Kashmiree nouns are in- 
flected to form the plural, and I think it will be found that almost all 
real Kashmiree nouns are inflected for cases also. Both my own 
observations and those of Messrs. Edgeworth and Leech, as well as Mr. 
Bowring’s dialogues give the proper Kashmiree form for man 
‘Mohnyn,’ plural ‘ Mohnivi.’ And the following which I take from 
Leech is, I believe, the true declension of the Kashmiree noun ‘ Nichu,’ 
a son. 
A son, nichu Sons, nichivi. 
Of a son, nichivi-sand ‘Of sons, nichiven-sand. 
To a son, nichivis To sons, nichiven. 
From a son, nichinishi From sons, nichiven-nishi. 
With respect to the variations of the genitive case, Mr. Edgeworth 
seems to differ from Mr. Bowring, saying that the genitive affix is, 
like Hindustanee, governed in point of gender by the noun which fol- 
lows rather than by that which precedes it. So far as I could make 
out from cursory inquiry on the spot, it seemed to me that in fact the 
form of this affix is affected by both the preceding and the following 
nouns. Indeed it seems to have the most extraordinary chameleon- 
like variety of shapes, according to the positions in which the words 
are placed, and the only conclusion of my inquiries was, that the rules 
of Kashmiree declension are so complicated, that nothing but careful 
and scientific study will reduce them to shape. 
It may be added that feminines are formed from masculines by 
inflections, as— 
Masculine. Femanine. 
Gur, horse. eulr, mare. 
Kokur, cock, kokair, hen. 
Tsawal, he goat, tsavij, she goat. 
Batak, drake, batich, duck. 
Kay, male crow, kavin, female crow. 
The language is evidently altogether subject to very many post- 
inflections, and abounds in affixes and postpositions. 
G. CAMPBELL. 
