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1898.] G. A. Grierson — On the Kcigmtri Noun. 
[Masculine living beings can also add these postpositions, in the 
singular only, to the longer form of the Accusative. Thus fan 
v 
isuras nig 9 , from the thief ; fan guris nig 9 , from the horse.] 
The ablative of comparison is formed with the postpositions 
Tfff khot 9 or Tfn 5 * kholan , fan nig 9 or fafan nigin, which are added 
either to the agent direct, or to the Agent case of the Genitive treated 
as a base. In the case of some words, e.g ., ?«PC gor , a teacher, only the 
latter idiom is used. 
N.g. f Wn WT gdr 9 sandi khot 9 chuh gatul ", he is more 
clever than the teacher. We cannot say arapc gor 9 khot*. xfai 
(or ngnr kan 9 handi (or kan 9 ) khot 9 chuh trukur *, he is 
harder than a stone; fan rtip 9 nig 9 chuh son jan , gold 
is better than silver (ii. i. 62). 
D. Declension. 
V 
Kapmiri nouns have four declensions. 
The first declension consists of masculine nouns ending in a con¬ 
sonant, in ^ a, or in e? u-mdtrd. The base in this declension ends in a. 
The second declension consists of masculine nouns ending in 
u-matra. The base in this declension ends in i. 
The third declension consists of feminine nouns ending in X 
i-matrd , u-matra, or ^ n. The last is only another way of writing 
n c . It may be considered as the feminine form of the 2nd declen- 
sion. The base in this declension also ends in i , and this declension 
is closely connected with the second, as feminine and masculine. 
The fourth declension consists of feminine nouns ending in a con¬ 
sonant or in a. Certain feminine nouns of this declension ending 
in a consonant, are irregular, and form a class by themselves. 
There are thus two masculine, and two feminine declensions. 
