226 Appendix D, 



Mr. Bowringhas, perhaps, in the examples which he has given, put 

 the declension of the noun rather too simply. He has used the unin- 

 fected 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. Edge worth and Leech, as well as Mr. 

 Bowring's dialogues give the proper Kashmiree form for man 

 1 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. Bo wring, saying that the genitive affix is, 

 like Hindustanee, governed in point of gender by the jioun which foU 

 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. Feminine. 



(xur, horse. guir, mare. 



Kokur, cock, kokair, hen. 



Tsawal, he goat, tsavij, she goat. 



Batak, drake, batich, duck. 



Kav, male crow, kavin, female crow. 



The language is evidently altogether subject to very many post- 

 inflections, and abounds in affixes and postpositions. 



G-. Campbell. 



