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G. A. Grierson — On the Kdgmiri Noun. 
[No. l r 
If a masculine noun ends in W k, W ch, fe, & t, t, or ^ p, 
this final consonant is aspirated in the nom. sg. and pi. (66) ; thus:— 
trak, a certain grain measure. 
Nom. sg. and pi. 
trakli. 
% 
WTW kdti, glass, a disease of the chest. 
WIW kdtsh. 
kat , a ram. 
*fT3" kat hi 
% 
T?[ rat , blood. 
^ rdth. 
% 
hat, a hundred. 
hath. 
ATT tap, sunshine. 
<TTW taph. 
The aspiration is very faintly heard, being a final letter, but it 
affects the preceding vowel. The aspiration does not occur in the 
other cases; e.g., mi wfafif trak a sUtin (instr.); hats * 
sutin; m gw kat° putshy (dat. 2) ; tapas pyafh (loc.). 
This aspiration does not occur if a final t or W forms part 
of a compound consonant (even when a short a is introduced between 
them to aid pronunciation) (68) ; thus:— 
WW s a ts , a tailor (Elmslie, suts) ; nom. sg. and pi. s a ts, not 
s°i$h. 
mast, hair; nom. sg. and pi. UW mast, not WWT mdsth . 
The word WTW byakh , another (2, 3, 24), becomes fa*| biy in all 
cases except the nom. sg., and is partially declined like a noun ending 
in u-matrd (2nd declension) ; thus— 
Singular. 
Plural. 
Nom. 
Wrw byakh 
fa^T biy. 
Acc. 
fafa^T biy is. 
fa^PT biy an. 
fafa biy\ 
fasj) biyau. 
The Fern. Ag. is fafa biyi. In other forms it is the same as the 
Masc. This is really a compound word: made up of fa bi , other, and 
WW dkh, one. The oblique forms are made up of the base fa bi, 
together with the emphatic particle y , which accounts for the 
apparent irregularities, fa bi is of the 2nd declension. 
