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THE ORMURI OR BARGISTA LANGUAGE. 



[§62. 



Mutable adjectives generally form their feminines by adding the feminine termi- 

 nation ", as in splw , white, fern, spiw". They form their plural in one of two ways. 

 With some, the plural is the same as the feminine singular. Thus, the plural of spiw 

 is splw". Others form the plural in the manner prescribed for substantives. Thus, 

 hond, blind, fem. sing, kond", plur. hendl. In the plural there is no distinction between 

 masculine and feminine. 



Except that the plural is of common gender, none of the above rules apply to 

 past participles. These will be dealt with in §§ yy, 78 and 86. 



§ 62. Comparison. — Comparison is generally effected by putting the noun with 

 which comparison is made into the ablative case, with the postposition last" , as in 

 i-sustak last" di a-sahr sir ha, patience is better than weeping ; i-harr" last" di sir ha, it 

 is better than all, i.e. it is best. 



§63. 



Numerals. — These are : — 





Cardinals. 



I. 



so or s", fem. syl. 



2. 



dyo. 



3- 



sre. 



4- 



Mr. 



5- 



pendz. 



6. 



s"h. 



7- 



ho. 



8. 



hast. 



9- 



n"h. 



10. 



das. 



II. 



sandas. 



12. 



dwas. 



13- 



§es. 



14. 



Mres. 



15- 



pandzes. 



16. 



suwes. 



17- 



awes. 



18. 



astes. 



19. 



lines. 



20. 



jistu. 



21. 



so-jistu. 



22. 



du-jlstu. 



23. 



9lW-jlStU. 



24. 



hari-jlstU. 



25- 



panji-jistu. 



26. 



so-jistii. 



27. 



ho-jistu. 



28. 



hasti-jistu. 



Ordinals. 



awwal or i-mux- 



dim. 



^aim. 



har"m. 



pandsam. 



s"ham. 



horn. 



hastam. 



n"ham. 



dasam. 



sandasam. 



dwasam, and so on. 



Cardinals. — Contd. 

 29. no-jlstu, and so on in the 





other decads. 



30. 



^Istu. 



40. 



hastu. 



50. 



pan(kastu. 



60. 



swaiUl. 



70. 



awai. 



80. 



hastai. 



90. 



nawl. 



100. 



su. 



200. 



du soh. 



300. 



sre soh. 



400. 



har soh, and so on 



1000. 



zar. 



