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82 DECLENSION [98Plural.m. n.N.V. sucay-as^ sucay-as^jsiici*A. siici-n ^I.D.Ab.G.L.suci-s)suci-n-i madhu-nsuci-bhissuci-bhyassuei-n-amsuci-sum. f.madhav-as' madhav-asmadhu-smadhu-bhismadhu-bhyasmadhu-n-ammadhxi-sun.1madhumadhumadhua.Twenty-seven i stems in the RV. show forms according to thederivative i declension in the D.Ab.G.L. s. f. :e.g. bhrti f. sustenance:D. bhrty-ai bhiimi f. earth: Ab.G.;bhumy-as, L. bhiimy-ani. Suchforms in ai, as, am are much commoner in the AV. In B. ai isregularly used instead of as (cp. 97 a a). Besides the numerous I. s.forms in na the EV. has half a dozen i stems showing the influenceof the n declension in the incipient use of the endings ni in theN.A.V. du. n. and ni in the N.A. pi. n.In the u declension the RV. has only three forms following theanalogy of the derivative i declension isu : f. arrow D. : isv-ai, G. isvas,su-vastv-as of the (river) Suvastu (all in late passages).^ There are1The only stem not taking Guna is ari devout which has the N. pi.ary-^s m. f.2The original ending ns is in both ^liein and m£dhiin preservedin the Sandhi forms of ms or mr (39, 40).^About ten stems in i in the RV. have N. pi, forms according tothe derivative i declension ;e. g. avanis streams beside avdnayas.*The normal type siici (= suci-i) is of about the same frequencyas its shortened form sdci, both together occurring about fifty timesin the RV. The secondary type sucini occurs about fourteen times."There is only one example of the N. pi. m. without Guna : mMhv-asitself occurring four times.«There are two examples of the N. pi. f. without Guna : md,dhv-asand satd-kratv-as having a hundred powers."^The typo without ending is made from twelve stems, the formwith shortened vowel being nearly twice as common as that with u.The secondary type m&dhuni is more frequent than m^dhu.8In B. the D. s. f. ending ai is here regularly used instead of theAb.G. as.