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A STUDY OF THE GUJARATI LANGUAGI:
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Declension
4.18. Direct : sg. a-stems:
bare stems e. g. dhana, samjama, putra, amtra, locana, bhukha, hātha, paga. -u ending. e. g. nimittu, viveku, dānu, āju, kālu, bilu, rājyu. -au enlarged stems. e. g. māulau, melāvau, varasälau, vācharau
väniyau, päraņaum n., visābanaum n. (i) For -a/-u variation in a-stems see 3.5. (ii) Other vowel stems i. e. ä, i, i, u and ū have no special terminations. (iii) In enlarged -au endings neuter is marked by nasalisation. (iv) Dave (GL) dose not record any case of -u ending in unenlarged a-stems
(GL p. 7,34). It is also absent in Dinga! (NPS p. 146 ). pl. unenlarged. Bare stem is used. e. g. āhira, oda, ütara, kapāta, kāpada
khanaka, varasa, bhāneja, pahara.
enlarged stems. e. g. übhā, kusā, kūdā. (i) Other vowel stems have no special plural terminations. (i) Once we get balākā-in which is an archaism; only enlarged a-stems have a
distinct pl. form [ which is the same as the oblique termination.] (uiOf the Ap texts, SR (851) gives -aha for nom. pl., which is not found in
other Ap texts. BK ($ 26, Gune and Dalal) gives some instances of -a ending of m. pl. which occur “in passages of mixed language and changed
metre". (iv) Dinga! (NPS p. 146 ) has ā for both-enlarged and unenlarged-stems.
distin
4.19. Oblique. sg. unenlarged a-stems: The bare stem is used. e. g. 4.17.
enlarged a-stems : -ā. e. g. bhādā, lahudā, vadā, kusä, sagalā, hiyā, gādā, galā, asakațā.
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