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G. A. Grierson —On the Kdpmiri Noun. 
[No. 1, 
Formed from the Accusative :— 
Genitive, 
> Locative 1, 
Dative 3 , 
Concomitant. 
Formed from the Agent : — 
Instrumental, 
Locative 2, 
Dative 2, 
Ablative. 
There is no Vocative, but, in case of address, a noun assumes a 
variety of forms which will be dealt with later on. 
There are thus, excluding the Nominative, ten cases. 
I now proceed to deal with each case separately. 
Accusative. 
The Accusative has two forms, a longer and a shorter. The shorter 
is always the same as the nominative (ii. i. 39.) 
In the masculine singular, the longer form always ends iD s. In 
the feminine it ends in a, e, i, or u-matra (36-40). When the longer form 
of the accusative singular ends in i, that i is always fully pronounced. 
> Thus iTlf% mail, not mal*: In the plural it always ends in n 
(12, 38). 
Genitive. 
The Genitive is formed by various affixes, added to the long form 
of the accusative. 
In the case of masculine nouns, the s of the accusative singular is 
dropped before the termination, and the final vowel so left is pronounced 
short, as a matra vowel. Thus from day , God : acc. sg. day as ; 
gen. sing, day° sand 11 : acc. pi. dayan; gen. plur. 
dayan hand 11 . 
So from gur u , a horse: acc. sg. guris; gen. sg., Jifr 
* cl *' 
gur { sand 11 : acc. pi. guryan ; gen. pi. guryan hand 71 . 
The word with its genitive affix is treated as an adjective agreeing 
with the object possessed in gender and number. 
Thus mal 1 sand u necynv, the son of the father. 
mal * spud* neciv the sons of the father. 
