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 OF SUBSTANTIVE PRONOUNS. 79

In the common dialect, the accusatives )> and ~ZT*& are respectively written 266 The singular numbers of the foregoing demonstrative pronouns, and their irregular plurals, are never used, except when inferiors or equals are spoken of: when persons of very high rank are the subject of conversation, the plurals s^>5b and Sa>, are used to express the English words he or she. Bat if the speaker alludes to a person only in a trifling degree respected by him, instead of the pronoun 3G2&", he uses ^<&c<&b to denote a male, and -&>C)3 or -^."^ to denote a female ; and instead of the pronoun ~^c &b. tfJ^cSD for the masculine, and tsOSi or ^"^ for the feminine gender ; or if he alludes to a person considerably superior to him, yet not of very high rank, instead of )C<3b he uses denote a male, and "Y^^to denote a female, and instead of "rcb, for the masculine, and ^S~5o for the feminine gender. These pronouns have no plural number, SJ^C^band 9f cb are declined like nouns of the firs.t declension ; thus.

N ............ Wtfcgb ............. . .......... / ie. G ...9#S- ef>&^DO*f. ..of him. TJ" D ............ ef><3' <0 ........................ to him. Ace ......... *3& ........................... him. Ab ......... ^^^...er^ - 1$&- cT 9 ...... in &c. him.

- &$) - -&"!>> and -^"Sa and e5dSocS are declined like nouns of the third declension ; thus,

. N .......... 3o3otf .................. he. G  5d5o?5. ef dCo^^oo^. . . of him. and . ........ him. 5 - ly# - (5^ *in |-c. him.

Instead of >&3 and TT43, in the neuter plural of the demonstrative pronouns, 268 we sometimes find & and ^ used in bcoks.