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106-107] SYNTAX OF CARDINALS. ORDINALS 101N.A. sapta, I. sapta-bhis. D.Ab. sapta-bhyas. G.saptanam.N.A. nava. I. nava-bhis. D. nava-bhyas. G. navanam.N.A. dasa. I. dasa-bhis. D. dasa-bhyas. G. dasanam.L. dasa-su.N.A. ekadasa. D. ekadasa-bhyas. N. dvadasa. D. dvadasa-bhyas.N. trayodasa. I.trayodasa-bhis. D.trayodasa-bhyas. N. pancadasa. D. paficadasabhyas.N. sodasa. D. sodasa-bhyas. N. saptadasa.D.saptadasa-bhyas. N. astadasa. D. astadasa-bhyas.N. navadasa. I. navadasa-bhis. D. 6kan na vimsatyai(TS.).d. The cardinals for the decades from hvcnty to ninetywith their compounds are f. substantives, nearly alwaysinflected in the sing, and according to the declension of thestem final e. ; g. N. vimsati-s. A. virnsati-m. I. vimsaty-a.N. trimsat. A. trimsat-am. I. trimsat-a. L.trimsat-i. If the sense requires it these numerals may beused in the pi. ; e. g. nava navatis nine nineties ;navanamnavatinam of nine nineties.sata hundred and sahasra tJioitsand are neuters, whichmay be declined in all numbers e. ; g. dv6 sat6 two hundred ;sapta satani seven hundred ;tri sahasrani three thousand.a. In the group five to nineteen the bare stem may be used in theoblique cases agreeing with substantives; e.g. sapta. hotrbhih withseven priests (cp. 194 B a).Ordinals.107. The ordinals, being all adjectives ending in a, aredeclined in the m. and n. like priya. The f. is formedwith i (declined like devi) except in the first four, whichtake a.The ordinals from first to tenth are formed with varioussuffixes, viz. (t)iya, tha, thama, ma. The formation