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OF NOUNS.
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3. Names of inanimate things ending in (Symbol missingIndic characters) or a consonant, are neuter, ((Symbol missingIndic characters)). These all admit of many exceptions.

4. Words ending in other vowels are not at present reducible to any rules.


Of Cases.

1. There are seven cases, viz. the nominative, accusative, instrumental, dative, ablative, possessive, and locative. These cases are respectively called (Symbol missingIndic characters), (Symbol missingIndic characters), (Symbol missingIndic characters), (Symbol missingIndic characters), (Symbol missingIndic characters), (Symbol missingIndic characters), and (Symbol missingIndic characters). An inflected word is called (Symbol missingIndic characters).

2. A word is prepared for inflection by inserting some letter after it, or expunging a letter from it.

3. The nominative is the simple word. The singular has no inflection; rules for the terminations of the plural follow in their proper places.

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