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Hiralal Kavyopadhyaya and G. A. Grierson — 
^^ 5 , mase , ‘a cup.’ 
HVITH, maso., ‘a man. 
BTWl, maso , ‘a sister’s husband.’ 
fsff^TO, fem., ‘goods and chattels.’ 
Sfrr^T, fem., a neck-ring.’ 
fem., 1 a she-goat.’ 
■Rrft, fem., ‘ a daughter-in-law.’ 
wsr*i-HST. 
VTrr-wsr. 
fsrf*ra-W*r. 
Qf^TUT H»T. 
'ph-ah. 
35. (2) ««f is sometimes omitted, especially in the nominative 
plural, and in the case of things without life; thus, HiHsr, ‘a man,’ or 
• men ’; ‘ a bullock,’ or ‘ bullocks ’; Wtt ‘ a she-goat ’ or ‘ she- 
goats,’ and so on. 
36. (3) An old form of the plural, which is now very rarely 
used, is formed by adding sr to the singular. If the word ends with a 
long vowel, that vowel is shortened ; thus ‘ a bullock ’; nom. 
plur. acc. plur. 
37. Affinity. With the plural suffix fl*T, compare tho old Hindi H«n£, ‘ men,’ 
and the Uriya plural suffix The old form in «f is the regular Bihari plural 
oblique termination, 
38. (4) Sometimes the plural is formed by prefixing the words 
^w, w, B“Tt, *nrr, or 3i»jrr ; thus, — 
Singular. Plural. 
SJT«IT, STBT or m»HT 
HTt #Tt, tft, 5TBT or 5UUT 
39. (5) Sometimes with &c., is also used at the same time, 
thus, — 
Singular tTHT. 
Plural WT-Tf*f, 5IBT WT-BH, or i5J*m 
tJrfl-BH 
This last form is very common. 
CHAPTER Y. 
Inflexion. 
40. The cases are formed with the following postpositions, which 
are added to the noun direct. In the plural, they follow the suffix iT*f. 
Nominative 
Accusative 
Instrumental 
Dative 
Ablative 
Genitive 
Locative 
Vocative 
— or 
JfiT or ^IT. 
s»rr, <3T or «rc. 
AT. 
