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G. A. Grierson — On the Kaqmiri Noun . 
[No. 1, 
Note.— When a genitive in uk u is treated as a declensional 
base, the ^ u becomes ^ oin the oblique cases (64). Thus pat’ 1 , a 
woollen cloth. Gen. sg. sp* patyuh": Dative, xffe: gij pati putshy or 
pateki (spelled patyaki) putsliy . 
D. Masculine nouns which are proper names form their genitive 
singular in un tl , which is treated exactly like uk u , (SO). JE7.gr., 
Radhakrsnun * of Radhakrsna : 5^ Radhakrisnani 
\J J • • • » N 
putshy , for Radhakrsna. 
The plural is formed regularly with hand 11 , e.g. Raman 
hand w , of (many) Ramas. 
It will thus be seen that the suffix of the genitive of all plural 
• • I 
nouns, and of all feminine nouns is hand*, 
7 V* 
When the thing possessed is feminine singular, or masculine or 
feminine plural, the following changes in the genitive affixes occur:— 
THING POSSESSED IN THE 
Singular. 
Plural. 
Masculine. 
Feminine. 
Masculine. 
Feminine. 
*3^ sand u 
VJ 
>» 
?j*3^s{iw3* (46,44) 
^sand* (46,43) 
^fi«T sanz a (46, 45) 
hand u 
** 
hanz* (44) 
hand 1 (43) 
^i3FT hanz a (45) 
^ uM 
J 
set c* (49) 
A 
f% ¥ (48) 
^ c«i (49) 
un u 
J 
^ n (51) 
fsr n { (50) 
or he (51) 
Examples in order as :— 
mal 1 sand 11 necyuv , the son of the father. 
^ s s 
*rrf% sanz ® Mr ®, the daughter of the father. 
1 So wiitten by I^vara-kanla. ce wonld be more correct, bat, ST c being a 
palatal letter, there is practically no difference in the pronunciation. 
