66 G. A. Grierson— On the Kdgmiri Noun . [No. 1, 
Exceptions. The following nouns are however declined regularly 
(24, 25):— 
wat, a road. 
lat, a kick. 
dat, a clod. 
thot, an impediment. 
tsot, the anus. 
tsitt, a sprain. 
•Sft' 
ts§t, tumbling head over heels, 
31?T g°t, a rise in a river, a swift flood, 
pit, a trifle. 
^T<T tot, a beak. 
hath, a story. 
vydth, the river Jhelum, 
Upr khan , the elbow. 
?PT tan , the body. 
5ri*r nan, the navel. 
^«T son, a co-wife. 
X 7 
^•T han, a little. 
^•T ban , a heap, pile. 
Thus wati sUtin, not wa{§^ sUtin. 
N ' > * * 
It must be remembered that the u-mdtrd modifies a preceding a to 
{ i, and d to a (71). When final it is not pronounced. When it precedes 
a consonant it is pronounced like a short German it. Thus rats^v 
is pronounced something like, German, rotsitv. 
It must also be remembered that words ending in t form the 
nominative singular in th (66). Thus the nom. sg. of vat, night, is 
rath, and of wat, a road, is wath. 
The words ifv yad, belly ; jit** g&v, a cow y thar , the back j 
