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84 DECLENSION [99a. The f. jd.ni mfe takes the anomalous ending ur in the G. : jdny-ui'.'It has the further anomaly of forming itsi declension.N. j£ni like the derivative2. sakh-i m. friend, besides having irregularities like patiin the weak cases of the s., has a strong stem formed withVrddhi : N. sakha, A. sakhay-am, I. sakhy-a, D. sakhy-e,Ab.G. sakhy-ur,' V. sakhe.^ Du. sakhay-a and sakhay-au ;PL N. sakhay-as, A. sakhi-n, 1. sakhi-bhis, D. sakhi-bhyas,G. sakhi-n-am.ft.In the RV. sikhi occurs as the final member of eight compoiindsin which it is inflected in the same way and is also used as a f. ; e. g.marut-sakha. N. m. f. having the Maruts as friends.3. ari devout is irregular in forming several cases like theradical i stems (except in accentuation):sing. A. ary-am(beside ari-m) m., G. ary-as m. ; j^l.N. ary-as m. f.,A. ary-as m. f,a. The VS. lias also the N. s. ari-s, beside the regular ari-s of the RV.d.vi s]iee2) (Lat. ovi-s) also takes the normal ending as in the G. s. :avy-as. vi m. bird has in the RV. the N. s. ve-s beside vi-s.4. The neuters aksi ci/e,asthi hone, dadhi curds, sakthithigh, form their weakest cases from stems in an ;e. g.L dadhn-a, sakthn-a ;G. aksn-as, asthn-as, dadhn-as.Du.N. aksi-ni (AV.), I.sakthi-bhyam, G. aksn-6s, butsakthy-os (VS.). In the pi. the an stems are used in theN.A. also : aksan-i (beside aksi-ni, AV.), asthan-i (besideasthi-ni, AV.), sakthan-i ;I. aksa-bhis, astha-bhis ;D.astha-bhyas.5. dyu m. f. ski/ (originally diu, weak grade of dyo, 102, 3)retains this stem before consonant terminations (takingVrddhi in the N.V. s.),but changes it to div before vowels :^Influenced, like pdtyur, by the names of relationship in r (101).2 Formed regularly like siice from ^dci.