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258 NOMINAL STEM FORMATION [182e.g. jai-tra victorious, yaj-a-tra adorahje; kse-tra n. field,pa-tra n. cup, vas-tra n. garment ;khan-i-tra n. slwvel.There are also a few masculines, as ddms-tia tusk (damshite), mdn-tra prcujer, mi-tra friend (but n. friendshiii).tra : occurs a few times as the f. form of the preceding :as-tra goad (as reach), ma-tra measure (Gk. /j.e-Tpo-u).tha : action nouns, more often ni. than n.; e.g. ga-tha m.song, bhr-tha m. ofcring, ra-tha m. car, ha-tha, m. slaughter ;ar-tha' n. goal, uk-tha n. saying (\/vac), tir-tha n. ford(\/tf cross), I'ik-tha n. inheritance (\/ric); with connectingvowel : uc-a-tha n. praise, stav-a-tha m. praise.tha : occurs a few times as the f. form of tha : kas-thacourse, ga-tha song, ni-tha tridc.na : besides ordinarily forming perf. pass, participles(160, 1) appears as the suffix of a number of adjectives (f. na)and substantives, the latter mostly m., a few n. e. ; g. us-nahot, krs-na htacl; nag-na n(d;€d ;budh-na m. t)ottom, yaj-fiam. sacrifice, var-na m. colour; par-na n. wing, vas-na n. pricena: as the f. form of na makes a few substantives : trs-nadh6-na cou\ s6-na missile, sthu-na i:)0st.tJdrst,ni : m. and f. action and agent nouns (some of the latteradj.) : yo-ni m. receptacle, jur-ni f. heat ; pfs-ni spjcchled,pre-ni loving (\/pra), bhur-ni excited; ag-ni m. fire, vah-nim. draught animal.nu :action and agent nouns (including some adjectives),nearly always m. ;e. g. ksep-nii m. jerl; bha-nii m. light,su-nu m. son ;dhe-nu f. cow ;da-nu n. drop (m. f. demon).ma: adj. and (almost exclusively m.) substantives; e.g.jih-raa ohlique, ^ag-ma mighty ;idh-ma m. fuel, ghar-mani. heat, sto-ma m. praise, hi-ma m. cold ;bil-mahi-ma f. winter.man :n. chip ;action nouns (very numerous), most of which are n.^ firtha occars often in the RV., but appears only three times (inMandala X) as a m.; in tlie later language it is m. only.