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After å-ending Feminine words, there does not occură in place of ţă (suffix of Instrumental Singular), nasi (suffix of Ablative Singular), nas(suffix of Genitive Singular) and ni (suffix of Locative Singular). In Kahā å will not be added.
30. Pratyaye Nirna Vä 3/31
Pratyaye Nirna VĂ [(Niḥ) + (na)] Pratyaye (Pratyaya) 7/1 Nih (Nī) 1/1 Na Va = alternatively
Alternatively, as for the of suffix there occurs the ni → i suffix. Alternatively, for forming Feminine words, the suffix used is the ni → i suffix. (1) Kurucara + i= Kurucari Alternatively, for forming Feminine words, i occurs alongwith
a.
(2) Kurucara +ă = Kurucară
31. Ajäteh Pumsaḥ 3/32
Ajäteh (Ajāti) 5/1 Puṁsaḥ (Puss) 5/1 After non-common Masculine words, there occurs i for forming Feminine words. After non-common Masculine words, there occurs ni →i for forming Feminine words, and alternatively alongwith á Sutra 3/31. (But in Common Nouns, Common Pronouns, Common Adjectives i does not take place in forming Feminine from the Masculine forms). (i) Nila + i, a = Nili, Nīlā
Kala + i, ā : Kali, Kālā (ii) Eta → Ea+ i, a = Eī, Eā
Ima + ī, ā : Imi, Imā According to Hemacandra's Commentary the Feminine word of Aja (Goat) will be Ajā as 'i' can not be added here.
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