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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:
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