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 80. We often find mention of a, a of the first person, in the native Grammars; as in ,  place of worship; meaning  father. Where is supposed to have this power; so,,  only deity; ,  friend, ,  Lord, &c.



81. The Persian plural is formed by adding or  to the singular: but these terminations are not wholly arbitrary; on the contrary, they are regulated with great precision. The names of animals generally form their plural in, as,

82. But, words which signify things without life, make their plurals by adding the syllable ; as,

Both these plurals occur in the following elegant distich:

''The night is dark; the fear of the waves, and a whirlpool, so dreadful! How should those, know our situation?''