Arddhmagdhi Grammar

Author(s): P L Vaidya
Publisher: Modern Book Depot

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58. A few points in general about the forms above must be noted. In the Nominative singular ca is the normal form in Amg., but can also is fairly frequent, the first being taken from Māgadhi dialect and the second from Māhārāștri. The forms in the Instrumental singular and plural, Genitive plural and locative plural allow the ending geatt optionally, the forms with SIFATT being more frequent. Theoretically, Amg., like other Prakrits, has no Dative case, its purpose being served by Genitive, but forms like देवाए, अट्ठाए, सवणयाए, पासणयाए in the singular are frequent. In the Locative singular all the three forms are found in equal proportion, but the form देवंसि is a pure Amg. form, the remaining two having come from other Prakrit dialects.
59. Masculine and neuter nouns and adjectives ending in 37, the last syllable of which is y, have a few declensional forns peculiar to them. In लोय (लोक), Nom. sing is लोए and लोओ, and not लोये and लोयो; Acc. plural लोए, Instr. sing. and plural लोएण, लोएणं, लोएहिं ; Abl. plural लोएहितो ; Loc. sing. and plural लोए and लोएसु, लोएK. That is to say, Q is lost before ए and भो in the declensional forms.
60. Masculine nouns ending in इ and उ, e. g., मुणि and are, are declined as under :
मुणि, m. a sage Singular
Plural N. V. मुणी
मुणोओ, मुणिणो, मुणी मुणिं
मुणीओ, मुणिणो, मुणी मुणिणा
मुणीहि, मुणीहिं मुणीओ, मुणिणो मुणीहितो माणस्स, माणिणो मुणीण, मुणीणं मुर्णिसि
मुणीसु, मुणमसुं
.
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