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Thus nom. sg. jrjt •rmyon u ; acc. sg. mygnis ; gen. sg. sifpr 
my an* sand 11 ; ag. sg. jqifir my an*; nom. pi. jq}|ir my an*; acc. pi. 
my any an; ag. pi. JRfT^ mydnyau; Instr. sg. a^rf^T rnydni 
sutin , or JRjifif myan* sandi sutin. So also the others (ii. iii. 
11 and ff.) 
Moreover, whenever, in this declension, the letter a or d is followed 
by i-mdtrd , or u-mdtrd , the a or a become a or a respectively, (ii, i. 70) ; 
thus,— 
Base VZ pat , a woollen cloth; nom. sg. vz pat 11 ; ag. sg. q|« pat*; 
nom. pi. qf z pat*; but, acc. sg. qfeq pcttis (not xffe^r pgtis, as in the 
case of qw wdl u ); Instr. sg. qfa? pati sutin (fully pronounced i) ; 
acc. pi. qqj*T patyan ; ag. pi. patyau. So also 4z hat u , the neck; 
cf*T tan u , the body; sand u , suffix of genitive (acc. sg. qfe^sandis; 
ag. sg. sand *; instr. sg. sandi sutin; nom. pi. 
sand*; acc. pi. sandy an; ag. pi. q^ft sandy au) : similarly qqpj 
patyuk™ of a woollen cloth; acc. sg. ^T^patehis; ag. sg. qqjfctf 
pat yalc*; instr. sg. qqjfa pateki sutin; nom. pi. paf-yak*; 
acc. pi. qqfqqq patekyan ; ag.pl. q^fqqt patekyau. 
Nouns in u-mdtrd , of three or more syllables, if they have u in the 
penultimate, omit the u before i-mdtrd , and change it to a in all other 
cases except the nominative singular (73, 75) ; thus :— 
gdtul u , clever; acc. sg. JITCfqiq gatalis; ag. sg. JTT^f^r gdtl* 
vi vj u N x 
(pronounced gdM*) ; instr. sg. 3TT^f% gatali sutin; gen. sg. 
q^q gdtl* sand™; nom. pi. gdtl*; acc. pi. 3TT2^S*T gdtalyan; 
x ^ 
ag. pi. gatalyau . 
This does not occur in the case of dissyllables; e.g., from 
Jcul ®, a tree; acc. sg. $%q kulis, and not q?f%q kalis. 
The following words in u-mdtrd , with u in the penultimate, change 
