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 1245. A few suffixes are used to make derivatives from certain limited and special classes of words, as numerals and particles. Thus:

a. तय makes a few adjectives, meaning of so many divisions or kinds (used in the neuter as collectives), from numerals: thus,  (MS.),  (AV.),  (KB.: with external combination),  (ÇB.),  (AB.),  (RV.),  (TS.). Their fem. is in -.

b. त्य makes a class of adjectives from particles: e. g.  own,  foreign,  companion, etc. As the examples show, the accent of the primitive is retained. The fem. is in -.

c. The other quotable examples are (instead of which, the regular form, is generally found, apparently a further -derivative from it: as if belonging to the southerners), and  and  (of a similar character: these three last are said by the grammarians to be accented on the final, as is proper for -derivatives);  and  perhaps contain the same suffix. In and  is seen external combination.

d. The of  is in RV. always to be read as after a heavy syllable.

e. त forms, and , also  moment, and apparently  well (for water).

f. With न are made  ancient,  various, and perhaps  like.

g. With तन or (in a few cases) त्न  are made adjectives from adverbs, nearly always of time: e. g.  ancient,  or  present,  or  lasting,  of the day,  of tomorrow,  of yesterday. The accent is various. The feminine is in.

h. The other quotable examples are: ; from adverbs of place, ; — with. A further -derivative, with equivalent meaning, (cf. above, c), occurs late. In PB. is once found belonging to thee.

i. Besides the obvious cases of an assimilated final before this suffix, we have external combination in.

j. वत् makes from particles of direction the feminine nouns mentioned above (383 k. 1).

k. कट, properly a noun in composition, is reckoned by the