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25. 1 possessing ’ is added to substantives to form adjectives. 
Example, — 
‘ beauty.’ ’Sh.sii, ‘ possessing beauty,’ ‘ beauti- 
ful.’ 
This is not a tadbhava suffix at all. The word is borrowed direct 
from the Sanskrit, ready compounded as a tatsama. 
26. Jl?f added to numerals, signifies multiplication. 
Example, — 
#fsr 1 three fvfJlsf 1 three-fold.’ 
This is not properly a suffix at all, but is derived from a compound 
already formed in Sanskrit. 
27. $ added to adjectives makes substantives. 
Example, — 
aprisr ‘young.’ ‘youth.’ 
This is the Persian suffix <_y. 
28. signifies possession, e. g. ‘ a land holder,’ from 
1 land.’ 
This is the Persian suffix ;l^. 
CHAPTER III. 
Gender. 
29. There are two genders, — Masculine and Feminine. The gender 
of names of living things follows their nature, males being masculine 
and females being feminine. Of things without life, those names which 
are identical or nearly identical with Hindi names generally follow the 
Hindi usage. The following rules will be found useful. 
30. Words ending in and in a silent consonant which is not W, 
are generally masculine, and those in t; and rf are generally feminine. 
Examples. 
Chattisgarhi. 
Masculine. 
Hindi. 
English. 
‘ a doorway.’ 
ft*! 
‘ rice.’ 
VT5TI 
VIST 
‘betel.’ 
«T ST 
‘ sackcloth.’ 
*Ttf7*TT 
'fthfTSTT 
‘ clothes.’ 
«PB7»n 
1 a stone.’ 
OUTSIT 
1 bedding.’ 
Feminine. 
mit 
* earth.’ 
— 
‘ wood ashes.’ 
