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88-89] COMPARATIVE STEMS IN YAMS 6588. 3, Comparative stems are formed with the suffixyams, which is nearly always added with the connectingvowel i to the accented root. Only two stems are formedwith yams exclusively:jya-yams greater and san-yamsolder ;six others are formed with yams as well as i-yams ;e.g. bhu-yams and bhav-iyams more. The strong stemis reduced in the weak cases, by dropping the nasal andshortening the vowel, to yas. These stems are declinedin the m, and n. only.^ No forms of the du. occur, and inthe pi. onlythe N. A. G. are found. The V. s. ends inyas.^ The forms actually occurring, if made from kaniyamsyounger, would be as follows :SINGULAR.Masculine.PLUKAL.N. kaniyanA. kaniyarns-amI. kaniyas-aD. kaniyas-eAb. G. kaniyas-asL. kaniyas-iV. kaniyaskaniyamsaskaniyas-asG. kaniyas-amNeuter.N.A. kaniyas kaniyams-iThe I.D.Ab.G. sing, n.,identical with the m., also occur.Nouns with Three Stems.89. 1. The stem of the perf. part, active is formed withthe suffix vams. This is reduced in the weak cases in twoways : before consonant terminations (by dropping the nasal'The f. is formed by adding i to the weak stem, e.g. pr^yas-idearer."^Cp. the mant, vant (86), and the vams (89) stems1819 -p