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52 DECLENSION [77-78as monosyllabic nouns vrdh : strengthening as a masc. adj .,the rest as fern, substantives : nadh bond ;sridh foe ;ksiidhJmnger ; yiidh fightmrdh; conflict ;vrdh prosperity ; sprdhhattle.5. Eadical stems in n are formed from half a dozen roots.Four of these are monosyllabic substantives : tan f. succession ;ran m. jog ;van m. wood ;svan adj. sounding.^ There arealso the compound adjectives tuvi-svan roaring cdoud andgo-san ivinning Han coivs. staging occurs as the finalmember of at least thirty-five compounds, but as it followsfor the most part the analogy of the an stems,treated under these (92).it will beStems inLabials.78. These stems, which end in p, bh, and m only, are notnumerous. No neuters occur in the first two and only oneor two in the last.1. All the monosyllabic stems in p are fem. substantives.They are: ap ivater, krp heautg, ksap night, ksip finger,rip deceit, riip earth, vip rod. There are also about a dozencompounds, all adjectives except vi-stap f. summit. Threeof the adjectives occur as f.,the rest as m. ;e. g. pasu-trpm. delighting in cattle.a. ap lengthens the stem in the N.V. pi. ap-as, a formsometimes used for the A. also. The forms occurring are :Sing. I. ap-a. Ab.G. ap-as. Du.N. ap-a. Pl.N.V. ap-as. A.ap-as. I. ad-bhis. D.Ab. ad-bhyas. G. ap-am, L. ap-sii.2. The six uncompounded stems in bh are all f. substantives: ksubh push, grbh seising, nabh destroyer, subhsplendour, stubh ^;ra/se (also adj. praising), and kakilbh^eaA;.There ai'e also more than a dozen compounds the substan-:tives are all f.,the rest being m. or f.adjectives ;there are^The accent of these stems is irregular in remaining on the radicalsyllable (App. III. 11, 1), except tana (beside tana) and vanam.