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Rh nouns had no plural at all. The termination, sort, was not in use then though Tolkapyar mentions it in his grammar. In the matter of gender, neuters like $46, Cabg, war, o pio, &c., were mostly in use, though masculine and feminine nouns like நெடியோன் and உரியள் are met with Occasionally. The post-position for all the six cases was இன் or இல், but கு for the dative and my for the genitive were also used. In பொன்னின்னன்ன, நின்னிற்றந்த, மருப்பின்யானை and David Do we find 9. stands for 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th cases; and in the phrase Stewart ny the termination

is a genitive particle.The formation of verbal-nouns as in தொடை from தொடு 10 attach, in தாவல் from தா to suffer, in பணிபு from பணி to bow, in மலர்பு from மலர் to blossom,in அடுப்பு from அடு to kill, in பொய்ப்பு from பொய் to utter a lie, in அறுபு (separation) from அறு to cut, in ஏறு from எறி to beat or throw, in பறை from பற to fly, in இறை from இறு to tarry, and in பார்வல் from woi to see : of personal nouns in bi from verbs #1 (57.57), usi (2816), go and out (grisi); concrete nouns from verbs தின்-திற்றி, கொள்- கொண்டி (booty), Huma (piece of cloth), N (powder) 69, 5 ); and of abstract nouns from verbs as a mio (dryness), apa, badai, &c., are all now obsolete. Present tense was not in use at this period, the only tenses which were frequently used are the past and future. The particles or signs of past tense much in use were 4 and 9 ; and those of the future were ajo, so, u and 4-6*080 (we will go) goso, ayu, unny might be taken as examples. Causative verbs