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doubtful example or two in RV., and a very small number in AV.; the case there (and it is one of very frequent occurrence) adds s simply; and though yas-forms occur in the Brāhmaṇas, along with īs-forms, both are used rather indifferently as nom. and accus. (as, indeed, they sometimes interchange also in the epics). Of ā-stems, the du. nom. etc. ends in e, both earlier and later; in pl., of course, s-forms are indistinguishable from as-forms. The RV. has a few examples of āsas for ās.
h. The remaining cases call for no remark.
364. Examples of declension. As models of the inflection of derivative stems ending in long vowels, we may take सेना sénā f. army; कन्या kanyā̀ f. girl; देवी devī́ f. goddess; वधू vadhū́ f. woman.
Singular: | ||||
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N. | सेना sénā |
कन्या kanyā̀ |
देवी devī́ |
वधूस् vadhū́s |
A. | सेनाम् sénām |
कन्याम् kanyā̀m |
देवीम् devī́m |
वधूम् vadhū́m |
I. | सेनया sénayā |
कन्यया kanyàyā |
देव्या devyā́ |
वध्वा vadhvā́ |
D. | सेनायै sénāyāi |
कन्यायै kanyā̀yāi |
देव्यै devyāí |
वध्वै vadhvāí |
Ab. G. | सेनायास् sénāyās |
कन्यायास् kanyā̀yās |
देव्यास् devyā́s |
वध्वास् vadhvā́s |
L. | सेनायाम् sénāyām |
कन्यायाम् kanyā̀yām |
देव्याम् devyā́m |
वध्वाम् vadhvā́m |
V. | सेने séne |
कन्ये kánye |
देवि dévi |
वधु vádhu |
Dual: | ||||
N. A. V. | सेने séne |
कन्ये kanyè |
देव्यौ devyāù |
वध्वौ vadhvāù |
I. D. Ab. | सेनाभ्याम् sénābhyām |
कन्याभ्याम् kanyā̀bhyām |
देवीभ्याम् devī́bhyām |
वधूभ्याम् vadhū́bhyām |
G. L. | सेनयोस् sénayos |
कन्ययोस् kanyàyos |
देव्योस् devyós |
वध्वोस् vadhvós |