1898.] G. A. Grierson — On Primary Suffixes in Kagmiri. 
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^ ^JT snh lgg u khdth lekhani , he began to write the letter, 
aT«TT*T suh lag w zandn a mdrani , he began to beat the 
v ''i 
woman. It will be observed that this form of the verbal nonn does 
not change for gender. 
Similarly, Desiderative compounds are made with the verb 
TW yitsh , wish. Thus,— 
su h chuh khdth lekhun % yitshan , he wishes to 
write the letter. 
*TK«T ^WT*T suh chuh zanan a maran yitshan , he wishes 
to beat the woman. 
?i{fr I^«T*rT*r tam* yitsh * zandn a maran , he wished to beat 
the woman. 
In the formation of this abstract noun the following irregularities 
appear (ix. ii. 4). Only one form of the infinitive is given, but the 
others follow the same rule,— 
tal , fry. talun or <T^SFT talyun. 
baz , fry, serve. bazun or bazyun. 
Some verbs only use their Abstract Noun in the Feminine, and, 
moreover, are then sometimes irregular in their formation (ix. ii. 24 
and ff.). They are the following:— 
Abstract Nouns. 
tsar , be inwardly wrathful tsarin , inward wrath, 
(impersonally). 
tsuv, quarrel (impersonally). tsuvin. 
[These two, when used with other verbs, take the regular feminines 
in phrases like,— 
amis hets^n tsaran } he began to be angry. Liter¬ 
ally, being angry began to him]. 
ifp^T morav , bear (of pain, imper- morav^n. 
sonally). 
^ ^ 
marts , be impatient (used im- marts^n. 
personally). 
