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case of Mas. -a, and the system of Fem, declension is the result of the interaction of all the types.
183The terminations for the Fem. nouns are : N. sing.-A. -m, V.-, -, I. -e, Ab. -0, -e, G. -e, L. -e, -msi; Plu. N.--, -0, A.-, -०, V.-, -0, I. -hi, -him, Ab. -hinto, G. -na, nam, L. su, -sum. Before the termination of the A. sing. the long vowel of the stem is shortened as it is followed by an anusvāra.
A.
मालं
Ab. (माल
)
184 The full declension of a feminine noun ending in 3 like Hret' a garland' will be :माला
माला, मालाओ ___V. माले, माला
माला, मालाओ
माला, मालाओ मालाए
मालाहि, मालाहिं (मालाए), मालाओ मालाहिन्तो G. मालाए
मालाण, मालाणं L. मालाए
मालासु, मालासुं Similarly are to be declined other Fem. nouns ending in आउम्हा heat देवया deity मज्जाया limit कन्ना daughter नसाला theatre लया creeper किवा campassion नावा 'boat वेला time गंगा Ganges पया subjects साला school छाया shade पूया
worship HIET branch जउणा . .Jumna भज्जा, भारिया wife सेणा army
185 CHANGE OF GENDER. Mas. nouns ending in consonants become Fem. along with a change in the final : (cf. Sk. siman m. simā f.) addhā 'way' (adhvan); sembha 'mucus' (śleşman); umhā 'heat' (uşman); the change of gender being caused by the N. •sing. ending in-a. gimha 'summer' (grisma) hemanta winter' (hemanta) due to the association with vāsā "rainy season' (varsāh); garima greatness' (gariman)..
