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417. a. A few neuter nouns in with accent on the radical syllable have corresponding adjectives or appellatives in, with accent on the ending: thus, for example,  work,  active;  quickness,  quick;  glory,  glorious. A few other similar adjectives — as mighty,  pious — are without corresponding nouns.

b. Original adjectives in do not occur (as to alleged desiderative adjectives in, see 392 d). But in are found as many adjectives as nouns (about ten of each class); and in several instances adjective and noun stand side by side, without difference of accent such as appears in the stems in : e.g.  heat and hot;  wonder and wonderful.

418. Adjective compounds having nouns of this division as final member are very common: thus, favorably minded;  long-lived;  having brilliant brightness. The stem-form is the same for all genders, and each gender is inflected in the usual manner, the stems in making their nom. sing. masc. and fem. in (like, above). Thus, from, the nom. and accus. are as follows: and the other cases (save the vocative) are alike in all genders.

a. In Veda and Brāhmaṇa, the neut. nom. sing. is in a considerable number of instances made in, like the other genders.

b. From, in like manner: 419. The stem unrivalled (defined as meaning time in the later language) forms the nom. sing. masc. and fem,.

420. The stems of this division are those made by the three suffixes अन्, मन् , and वन् , together with a few of more questionable etymology which are inflected like them. They are almost exclusively masculine and neuter.

421. The stem has a triple form. In the strong cases