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The genitive can also be expressed in the following manners :(1) The substantive is turned into an adjective, by the addition of the following
syllables :(a) o un (fem.
w a n; pl. u 1 ani, fem, dj 1 ane), to proper names : 0. g., wóló como yao Mirza Sháh-un, of Mirza Shák, wókusy
میرود یا سه ; Uriyaluaa galat, Uriah's wife ولای نه انه
نيلو
ama ya Fllibis-ani ashani Hirdyási- handi bababa, on account of Philip’s wife Herodias ; pls contact coming a Harðd-anis maranas tâm,
until the death of Herod. (6) ge uk (fem. & ach; pl. qki, fem, de ache), to (masca
line] substantives (expressing inanimate things in the singular), including nouns of action, and infinitives used substantively ; e. g., silon T úsmán-uk, heavenly, i. e., of heaven ; jlstros natsan-qch tą gewanach dwás (fem.), the noise of dancing and singing ; dis Lil 's wykcokar-uk bang dina bönth, before the cock's crow, i.e., before the cock crows [This example breaks the rule of inanimate objects] ; Dia su wys, sul; gm pádshúhat-ul sir zánan-uk wuquf, the power of knowing the mysteries of the kingdom (Luke, viii. 10) (Here pádsháhat is treated as a masculine noun); y's blogi hayat-i abadiy-uk wárig heir of everlasting life; agic Taio henach umméd, the hope of taking. [If the masculine ends in yuk, then the feminine ends in ich, the masc. plur, in iks, and the fem. plur, in iche.]
When there are several adjectives in uk, united together by dj ta and, the syllable u ul is usually affixed only to the last ; e. g., as when ay isa outo's domán tạ samin-uk khuddwand, the lord of the heaven and
the earth (of, however, natsan-ach, etc., above) (), uv? (fem., 1 av (or, if the masculine ends in yuv, iv); pl., 1
qui (iv), fem. 89, ave (ive)), only mentioned in Mp. [Wade also describes it. The suffix means ' made of.' Examples. Dette hachyuv gara, a house of wood i vosthachio lør, a stick of wood; spus hachivi krõvi, sandals of wood ; sylw agro hachive dáre, windows of wood. Examples all taken from Wade.)
* Original has, incorrectly, 5 % avu.
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