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Nouns are distributed into six classes, viz. , proper names; names of sensible objects;, generic names; , ''names of qualities, viz. adjectives;, names of ideas, viz. absiract substantives, and, imitative sounds.''

They are further divided into, names of animals, and , names of inanimate things.

1. Names of males, and of inanimate things, ending in, are masculine,.

2. Names of females, and of inanimate things, ending in or, are feminine,.