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182] HECONDAKY NOMINAL SUFFIXES 26ycatur-tha fourth, sapta-tha seventh ;kati-tha the howinanieth?ni : forms the f. of pati lord and of parusa knotty, as wellas of several adjectives in ta denoting colours ; thus pat-nimistress[G\s.. woT-via), parus-ni a river 6-ni; variegated (6-ta).In a few of the colour adjectives ni is substituted for thelinal a, wliile k takes the place of t ; e. g.asik-ni hlack(as-i-ta).bha : forms m. names of animals ;thus rsa-bha andvrsa-bha bull ; garda-bha and rasa-bha ass.forms superlatives (partly from prepositions) andma :a few ordinals ; e. g. ava-ma lotvesi ; madhya-ma middlemost;nava-ma ninth (Lat. novi-mu-s), dasa-ma tenth (Lat.deci-mu-s).mant : forms adjectives in the sense of 2^ossessi/ig fromsubstantives (except stems in a) ;e. g.asani-msint possessingthe thimderhoU, ^vatvL-mamt powerful ; go-mant rich in cows,caksus-mant ^MssessecZ of eyes.maya:formsadjectives (f. i) in the sense of consisting of;e. g. manas-maya spiritual, mrn-maya made of clay (mrd).mna : forms a few n. abstracts from nouns or particles:dyu-mna brightness, su-mna welfare.forms adjectives of relation, m. patronymics and n.ya:abstracts.Most of the latter two classes take Vrddhi of thefirst syllable, but only about one-fourth of the adjectives doso ; e. g. pasav-ya relating to cattle (pasii) ; aditya m, son ofAditi ; taugrya m. son ofTugra, but also tiigr-ya ; adhipatyan. lordship (adhipati overlord).ra : forms comparatives (from prepositions) and ordinarynouns, mostly adjectives ;(dhuma smoke) ;rath-i-ra riding in a car (ratha).la : forms adjectives and a few m. diminutives ;e. g.'k.di^i-ldi{moyikey-coloured=) brown, hahu-la abundant ;vrsa-lam. little man, sisu-la m. little child.vat : forms a few f. abstract substantives, almost cxclu-e, g.ava-ra lower ;dhum-ra grey