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 and neuter only; the corresponding feminine is made by adding ई.

a. The stems in are very numerous, since almost any noun in  in the language may form a possessive derivative adjective with this suffix: thus,  strength,  m. n.  f. possessing strength, strong. Stems in (1232), however, are very few, and those in  (1231) still fewer.

439. Their inflection is quite regular, except that they lose their final न् in the middle cases (before an initial consonant of the ending), and also in the nom. sing., where the masculine lengthens the इ by way of compensation. The voc. sing. is in the masculine the bare stem; in the neuter, either this or like the nominative.

a. In all these respects, it will be noticed, the -declension agrees with the -declension; but it differs from the latter in never losing the vowel of the ending.

440. Example of inflection. As such may be taken बलिन् strong. Thus: