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Rh as above, as နှစ်&#8203;ယောက်&#8203;မြောက်&#8203;သော&#8203;သား, the second son; နှစ်&#8203;ရက်&#8203;မြောက်&#8203;သော&#8203;နေ့, the second day.

There are a few adjectives, which, on account of some peculiarity, cannot be placed in either of the foregoing classes. Some of them are prefixed to their nouns, as မ&#8203;ဟာ, great, အာ&#8203;ကာ, extraordinary; some are either prefixed or affixed, as အ&#8203;နန္တ, infinite, သာ&#8203;မ&#8203;ည, ordinary; and some are affixed, as တိုင်း, every; က&#8203;လေး, small; တော် (honorific;) မ, principal, chief among many; အ&#8203;တိ, pure, clear, free from mixture; ချင်း, single, one only, as တ&#8203;နေ့&#8203;ချင်း&#8203;တွင်, in a single day; တည်း, only, no more, used with numerals, as တ&#8203;ခု&#8203;တည်း, one only.

Nouns used adjectively may be distributed into three classes, viz:—

1. Names of races of men, of countries, towns, &c. when used to qualify a following noun, as အင်္ဂလိတ်, an Englishman, အင်္ဂလိတ်&#8203;လူ, ditto, 3em