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AUGUST, 1898.)
ESSAYS ON KASMIRI GRAMMAR.
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Fiual
t h becomes
tsh
185. The radical vowel is also often changed, in the passage from the masculine to the feminine. Thus Radical.
Becomes.
16
remain unchanged
anchanged unchanged I or 7
so
.
ý itin yu A final < 5ą becomes us = Some words form the feminine, by adding a final Examples of these changes are given below.
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A. - Substantives.
1. Gender. 186. Few general rules can be given for distinguishing the gendera of nouns. It can sometimes be ascertained from the meaning, derivation, or termination of the word. In many cases, however, authorities contradict each other.
Thus, ;* chis, a thing, and 35 god, commencement, are, according to El., feminine, but are masculine in Np. : 35 gád, a fish, is, on the other hand, masculine in El., and feminine in Np. and elsewhere.60
12.g., & lo moj, mother; jos tuhrat (Arabic fem.), roport; cosas, sindayi (Pernian fom.), life;
da nabiyyah (Arabic), prophetos. A large portion of the vocabulary consists of substantivos borrowed from Arabic or Persian.
"Emslio transliterates gl. Wale gires gât and inakes it fom.]
