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From the above it will be seen that both the oblique genitive singu¬ 
lar and the oblique genitive plural form new periphrastic declensional 
bases, one singular, and the other plural. 
As far as use goes, it may be noted that the proper oblique forms 
singular and plural of the correlative pronouns ai*e generally used as adjec¬ 
tives, and the periphrastic ones are always used as substantives. 
The following examples show the use of these forms. 
A. Proper oblique singular. 
Vid. 34, 2, ‘ hath any one used reproach¬ 
ful words to thee ?’ 
Sal. 1, ‘he wrote down that day,’ 
B. Proper oblique plural. 
Phojpuri fables, 6, % ^T^TW<T ‘he goes about causing us 
to fight.’ 
Sal. 1, 2fiTT:«r, ‘ for the sake of that lord.’ 
C. Periphrastic oblique singular. 
Vid. 55, 4, ttss tPCT, * in return I will ask for thee, my 
lord.’ 
Sal. 12, qrc Tif?r ‘ do not pass him over.’ 
D. Periphrastic oblique plural, or honorific. 
Mth. chr. p. 2, wf«?, # ^ ‘ you know well what 
sort of son there is to me ( niihi filius qualis est)\ where is idiomati¬ 
cally used for the dative and must not be confounded with the 
genitive 
Sal. 13, rft «rf€, ‘ till then there will not be leave 
to depart to him ( illi ).’ 
Sal. 19, Iff ‘ How wilt thou get a present 
from me.’ 
Under the last head, two examples have been given of a dative of 
possession. These forms which at first sight look like oblique forms of 
the genitive used in a direct sense, are thus explained by competent natives. 
This explanation is most reasonable, for there can be no doubt about 
sfel being very different in meaning from and about 
being different in meaning from 55^ ‘qj^wfiiT. 
In conclusion I append here, a list of all the pronominal genitival 
forms which I have collected from the prose of the Maithil Chrestomathy. 
I have submitted them all to Babu S'ri Narayan Singh of Darbhanga, a 
gentleman who has an intimate acquaintance with the Maithili language, 
united to an intelligent knowledge of English. He has noted for me any 
optional form, when such case be used. 
A. direct genitives governed by a nominative. 
Sal. 7, frrfx^T %^vr ‘ how beautiful the woman of that.’ 
