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101] STEMS IN Tl AND Til '91occur in the N.A, s. only.^ The forms that occur of thefirst five stems are :a. Sing. A. devar-am. PI. N. devar-as. L. devr-su.&.Sing. A. nar-am {d-vep-a). D. nar-e. G. nar-as.L. nar-i (Ep. Gk. d-vep-L). Du. N.A. nar-a. V. nar-a andnar-au. PI. N.V. nar-as (Ep. Gk. d-vep-es). A. nr-n.I. nr-bhis. D.A. nr-bhyas. G. nar-am and nr-n-am.^L. nf-su.c.Sing. G. usr-as. L. usr-i and usr-am.^ V. usar.PI. A. usr-as.d. Sing. G. nanandur. L. nanandari.e.Sing. N. svasa. A. svasar-am. I. svasr-a. D. svasr-e.Ab.G. svas-ur. Du. svasar-a, -au. L. svasr-os. PI. N.svasar-as. A. svasr-s. I. svasr-bhis. G. svasr-am* andsvasf-n-am.2. This group includes two subdivisions, the one formingits strong stem in tar, the other in tar (Gk. -rrjp, -rcop,Lat. -tor).The former consists of a small class of fivenames of relationship: three m., pi-tar father, bhra-tarbrother, nap-tar grandson, and two f.,duh-i-tar daughterand ma-tar mother, together with the m. and f.compoundsformed from them. The second division consists of morethan 150 stems (including compounds) which are eitheragent nouns accented chiefly on the suffix, or participlesaccented chiefly on the root. These stems are never f.,andonly four are n.In the tr declension three stems are to be distinguished: the strong,tar or tar ;the middle, tr ;and the weakest, tr. The names of relationshiptake the Guna form,^ agent nouns the Vrddhi form of thed,h-ar and udh-ar form their other cases from the an stems ah-an1and udh-an. Cp. 91. 6. ^ often to be pronounced nfnam.^Following the analogy of the derivative i declension.*svdsr-am and nar-am are the only two forms of the r declensionin which am is added direct to the stem.5 The strong stem n^p-tar does not occur in the RV., napat takingits place.