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A compound may be further joined with an other compound, & noun or an adjective. eg पंचिदियजीवा ( पंचिंदिय adj. comp. +जीव ) 'souls having five sense-organs', amagù ( m noun com.+
g) having a surgical box in hand'.
Suffixes.
To form a feminine or is added to words ending in e. g. अय ' he goat', अया 'she goat., दारय 'male child', दारिया 'female child' भुंजमाण m. भुंजमाणी f. ' enjoying', पंचम m. पंचमी f. fifth ',
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To form an abstract or is added to the word e. g. देव ' god' देवत्त ' godhood', पुत son पुतत sonship', चायरिय · preceptor ', आयरियत or प्रायश्यित्तण ' preceptor ship', क thief', तक्करत or तकरत्तण thievishness, '
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To form a possessive a or a is added to the noun e. g. धण ' wealth ' धणवंत 'wealthy', गुण 'merit' गुणवंत 'possessing merits' विज्जा ' knowledge ' विजामंत ' learned ' मद्द wisdom', महमंत 'wise. '
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To form an adjective 'south' far southern ' A vulgar', ' rural'.
' right', गाम ' village' गामिल or
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Syntax.
In prose the words are arranged much in the same order in Hindi, Punjabi or Gujrati eg. से णं नरगाश्रो उवट्टित्ता सुपट्टपुरे नयरे îwarg qsarangg 'returning from hell, he will be born as an ox in the town of Supaitthapura', श्रहं पिवासिय पुरिसाणं श्रट्टा कूवाओ सयिल जलं * I draw cold water from the well for the sake of thirsty persons.'
In a verse, however, the words may be put in any order e. g. सुह मे एगग्गमणा, मग्गं जिणेहिं देसियं '0 yo ! Listen heedfully of me, the law preached by the Jinas.
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