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fatness: iff? droth u , hard; drdchyar, hardness: mond u , blunt; 
monjyar , bluntness. 
Again, phat, split: Aorist Participle, phacybv, but 
Past Part., Pem. Sg., 4^ phat u ; Nom. PI. Masc. phap. 
A 
math-, forgotten: Aorist Participle, wgfte manchydv; but Past 
Part., Fem. Sg., math Nom. PI. Masc. math *. 
A 
*y gand , bind: Aorist Participle, ganjyov; but Past 
Part., Fem. Sg., jtV gand »; Nom. PI. Masc. jiffs' gand 1 . 
A 
(2) Gutturals become Palatals before u-matrd , and ?r y , but not 
before ^ i or i-matra. 
Thus, hatuk u , a duck : Fem. Sg., formed by changing u-matrd 
to u-matrd , batvc 11 . 
i N A | I 
hokh u , dry : Fem. hwach ®; but Ag. Sg. Masc. hwakh * .* 
*** ^ ^ •fi* 
■^31 dytiq u , a ball of thread: Fem. ifw Ag. Sg. Masc. iffjr 
- J a 5y 
r. . 
dig 1 . 
Again fsr^i nyulc u , little : Abstract Noun, formed by adding spc yar, 
nieyar , littleness. tryukh u , clever ; faspc trichyar cleverness : 
4j sro</ M , cheap, srojyar , cheapness. 
Again, ^ tf/iafc, be weary: Past Part., Fem. Sg., w Mac*; 
Aorist Part, sp^ft 5 * thacyov; but Past Part., Masc. PL, formed by adding 
t s thak\ 
J lekh , write: Past Part., Fem. Sg. Uch* ; Aorist Part. 
i -4 A. 
*ngfr«r lechyov ; Past Part., Masc. PI. likh 1 . 
K dag , pound: Past Part., Fem. Sg. dag”; Aorist Part. 
I ^ 
dajybv ; Past Part., Masc. PL ^£jt dag 1 . 
Exceptions are 
i i 
^ tsok u . sour: Fem. Uwak^ (vi, 10); isokyar, sourness 
(iv, 48)'.i 
khzikh “, speaking through the nose, fem. khukh * (vi, 10) ; 
Abstr. Noun khnhhyar (iv, 48). 
* - „ . • * • * .*> 
(3) m i becomes j, when followed by u-matrd , or y. Thus, 
1 These and similar references are to the Kagmiragabdamrta of Igvara-kaula. 
