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G. A. Grierson — On the Kagmiri Noun. 
[No. 1, 
Similarly are declined vz pat ®, a tablet; ^ 7m# w , wood ; 3TT3 
s<\ \<\ s* 
hath™, a stalk, especially tbe non-edible part of asparagus, sugarcane, 
&c. ; 4 ^ tad®, a great woman; tan ® (or toil) a slender 
woman ; land* 1 , a branch. 
The final becomes i (or y) throughout, except in the nom. sg. 
(30). 
r ' ' •. I 
All nouns of this declension ending in z $*, 3 or tg- change 
\«\ \«\ * * 
the consonant to the correspondin 
nominative singular. Thus — 
Nom. sing. 
i 
VZ pat u . 
hath*. 
x<N * 
^ fcad®. 
A • • 
palatal, in all cases except the 
Nom. pi. 
pace, 
hdche. 
«T5?T haje. 
This change only occurs when the word ends in u-matra (22). 
It does not occur when it ends in a consonant (26). 
. . . ^ x 
If the penultimate of a feminine word contains the vowel u, that u 
becomes o in all cases except the nom. singular, thus fcwr", a girl, 
nom. pi. qfrq - kdre (33). 
The following are exceptions and do not change the u (35). < 3 ^ 
tUr™ cold; dur ®, a lane ; ^ mur *, a twig. Thus from < 3 ^ tur*; 
nom. pi. < 3 ^ ture. 
So also a penultimate l becomes e in the same circumstances. Thus, 
sir ®, a brick, nom. pi. sere. The following words (33) how¬ 
ever, do not change,— 
gir *, red-chalk. Nom. pi. 
gid™, child’s excrement. 
\*\ 
tith®, pride. 
A 
tir *, cold-boiled-rice-pudding. 
pir a table. 
gire. 
gide. 
zt® ticlie ( 22 ). 
Ure. 
m pire. 
