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a Gen. but also ; and similarly a Gen. or 
The latter form miglit easily originate the Gaurian 
forms next finally 3JTWT. This theory appears to receive 
some confirmation from the Marwari where the oblique form of the pronouns 
generally ends in R or the anuswara, e. g., his_ is ; it corresponds to 
the Hindi ; and as is a Prakrit genitive (see Essay 2nd), 
so perhaps is a corruption of a Prakrit genitive 1RT ( = Sanskrit 
Next we proceed to the Marathi neuter nouns in fG Their oblique 
form ends in ’€fi. E. g„, ftprf pepper is derived from the Sanskrit 
in Prakrit it is ; in Gaurian or, contracted, n?*cf. The 
genitive of the Prakrit fcrfx^T is or iVnCRR or The 
last of. these forms becomes in Gaurian fTrfwr or (contracted by Gaurian 
law) which is the present Marathi oblique form of the word. Again 
mvif water is derived from, the Sanskrit Ti vitfi; this becomes in Prakrit 
(Pr. Pr. i, 18) ; and the latter changes in Gaurian to The genitive 
of the Prakrit is or or tttPwRR, of which the last 
form changes in Gaurian to xnf^r^T or XJTWT, the present Marathi oblique 
form of the word. Again milk is derived from the Sanskrit ; in 
Prakrit it is or <ri or or The last of these forms becomes 
in Gaurian and this contracts into . The genitive of the Prakrit 
is or or The last of these forms changes 
in Gaurian to and is contracted into ^lUT, the present Marathi oblique 
form of the word. Again 'ifirft , pearl is in Sanskrit (or in Prakrit 
it is ^ItTT or^lffRfT or (diminutive) or #rpfrar The last of these forms 
becomes in Gaurian infrrfi, and this contracts into . The genitive of 
the Prakrit ibfri^ is ^TpfRJW or or The last of these 
changes in Gaurian to ^Tpr^T, and is contracted to iRTcErr, the present 
Marathi oblique form of the word. 
There remain for consideration the Marathi neuter nouns in N and the 
Hindi neuter nouns in To these is to be added a Naipali class 
of neuter nouns which I have only met with in the oblique form ending in 
^T, and the direct form of which, I think, would probably end in ijf or 
perhaps in ^ A comparison of the passages, in which the Naipali oblique 
form in occurs, shows us the following points concerning them ; 1., they 
are (adjective) nouns of agency; e. g., St. Luke viii. 5. W TR PrWJT, 
i. e., High Hindi PpSRTT; again ^ 
i. e ., H. H. %; again St. Luke xxii. 21. %t 
^TcT, i • C-, H. H. liifi ^TT ; again St. Luke xxii. 20, 
^r i. e. IP. H. ^ again 
i. e ., H. H. fcT^Tfr ^>T In the two last examples the 
oblique form is clearly an adjective (qualifying ^ and fgvf) ; but in tlie 
others also it is an adjective, though put by itself and thus used substantively. 
* See, liowcver, a note at the end of this essay. 
