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Rh 3. Names of inanimate things ending in or a consonant, are neuter,. These all admit of many exceptions.

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

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

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.