1898.] 
G. A. Grierson —On the Kagnitrt Noun. 
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On the Kaqrmri Noun.—By G. A. Grierson, C.I.E., Ph.D., I.C.S. 
[Read December, 1897.] 
A. Gender. 
Ka 9 miri nouns are either masculine or feminine. There is no 
neuter gender in the language. In the case of pronouns, however, there 
is a relic of a neuter gender, each pronoun having three forms, one, for 
male living beings, another, for female living beings, and a third for 
things without life, whether their grammatical gender is masculine or 
feminine. 
The sixth part of I^vara-kaula’s Kagmiragabdamrta deals with 
gender. The following rules are abstracted from it. 
The feminine gender is used for the following purposes (vi. 18.) :— 
(a.) To denote the female sex, e.g , 
Masc. Fem. 
* 35 ^ mbrjgur u 9 a male kid mbrjgH* a female kid. 
iw watsh u , a male calf watsh a r , a female calf. 
■O'* •' 
( 6 .) To denote smallness, e.g. 
katur u , a large potsherd Zra^r 5 , a small potsherd. 
(d.) To denote artificiality, e.g. 
tsdSf a cough tsakh a r , an artificial cough, 
a “ hem.” 
(e.) To denote similarity, e.g. 
^ koth u , a load tfW kwatsh *, a bag. 
tdtuv u 9 smarting (of a wound) ftthe pain felt by an 
angry person. 
(/.) To denote special meanings, e.g. 
I i 
nar u , a sleeve war", an arm. 
« khg,r u , having a scald-head khgr the disease of scald-head. 
