culine and neuter only; the corresponding feminine is made by adding ई ī.
a. The stems in in are very numerous, since almost any noun in a in the language may form a possessive derivative adjective with this suffix: thus, bála strength, balín m. n. balínī f. possessing strength, strong. Stems in vin (1232), however, are very few, and those in min (1231) still fewer.
439. Their inflection is quite regular, except that they lose their final न् n in the middle cases (before an initial consonant of the ending), and also in the nom. sing., where the masculine lengthens the इ i by way of compensation. The voc. sing. is in the masculine the bare stem; in the neuter, either this or like the nominative.
a. In all these respects, it will be noticed, the in-declension agrees with the an-declension; but it differs from the latter in never losing the vowel of the ending.
440. Example of inflection. As such may be taken बलिन् balín strong. Thus:
| Singular. | Dual. | Plural. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | n. | m. | n. | m. | n. | |
| N. | बली balī́ |
बलि balí |
बलिनौ balínāu |
बलिना balínī |
बलिनस् balínas |
बलीनि balī́ni |
| A. | बलिनम् balínam |
बलि balí | ||||
| I. | बलिना balínā |
बलिभ्याम् balíbhyām |
बलिभिस् balíbhis | |||
| D. | बलिने balíne |
बलिभ्यस् balíbhyas | ||||
| Ab. | बलिनस् balínas | |||||
| G. | बलिनोस् balínos |
बलिनाम् balínām | ||||
| L. | बलिनि balíni |
बलिषु balíṣu | ||||
| V. | बलिन् bálin |
बलिन्, बलि bálin, báli |
बलिनौ bálināu |
बलिनी bálinī |
बलिनस् bálinas |
बलीनि bálīni |
