Grammar Of Apabhramsa

Author(s): Madhusudan Mishra
Publisher: Vidyanidhi Prakashan

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A Grammar of Apabharmśa 6. kāsu m. kahe f.
kāhã .. कासु कहे 7. kahi, kavanahi
kavanehi कहिं कवणहिं
कवणेहि The grammarians also refer to the form kāĩ (why). The indefinite koi <ko'pi (somebody) is not only used as subject but also as object in Apbh, and there is no distinction of gender.
59. The pronominal adjectives savva. (all), anna- (other), etc. fell with ordinary adjectives. Some others like apara (next), etc. have appeared as adverbs and conjunctions in the modern vernaculars. (a) When it was no more Apbh and postpositions had already
culars, there were unexpected and various changes in the bases of the pronouns.
(i) It is difficult to trace the source of the postpositional sg. base with final s in Hindi (is us kis jis). Perhaps the genitive forms (assa, tassa, kassa, jassa) gave such bases, but they were reinforced by the Persian forms like hich kis (nobody). The pl. bases with n (in un kin jin) were automatic creation to contrast with the sg.
Numerals
60. The numerals are formally indistinguishable from the ordinary nouns and adjectives. The various forms of numerals from 1 to 4 are : 1-2
5-6
7.
बिहिं
बिहुँ
ēkka
ēkke ěkka-ho kka-hi अक्क
अक्के अक्कहो अक्कहिं donni bihi bihũ
bihi दोण्णि
बिहि tinni tihi tihũ
tihi तिण्णि तिहिं
तिहिं cattāri cauhi
cauhũ
cauhi चत्तारि
चाह चउहिं चउहं
चउहिं (a) The variant forms of these numerals are: ěkko ěkku in 1-2;
तिहुं