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A common noun, in its simple state, divested of all definitive adjuncts, is often a noun of multitude, as လူ&#8203;သေ&#8203;တတ်&#8203;သည်, man is mortal; but the plural of all nouns is regularly formed by affixing ကို့, pronounced ဒို့, to the singular, as လူ, man, လူ&#8203;ကို့, men. များ, many, is sometimes used instead of ကို့.

Gender is distinguished, sometimes by a different word, as ယောက်ျား, a man, မိမ္မ, a woman; sometimes by the feminine affix မ or က&#8203;တော်, as ရ&#8203;ဟန်း, a priest, (of Boodh,) ရ&#8203;ဟန်း&#8203;မ, a priestess, မင်း, a governor, မင်း&#8203;က&#8203;တော်, a governess; and sometimes by affixing ထီး, or ဖ, or ဖို, for the masculine, and မ for the feminine, as ခွေး&#8203;ထီး, a dog, ခွေး&#8203;မ, a bitch, ကြက်&#8203;ဖ, a cock, ကြက်&#8203;မ, a hen, ငန်း&#8203;ဖို, a gander, ငန်း&#8203;မ, a goose.

The relations of nouns, expressed, in most languages, by prepositions or inflections, are here expressed by particles affixed to the noun, without any inflection of the noun itself, except in some of the personal nouns. The affixes of case are as follows:—