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OF THE DATIVE AND ABLATIVE CASES.
As the ablative must always correspond with
the dative in each number, it will be sufficient to
shew how the dative is formed.
In all regular Nouns the dative singular termi-
nates like the nominative ; but if the article be
prefixed, its initial consonant, if of the mutable
class, except f, must be governed by its peculiar
servile or eclipsing letter ; as cedrf, a head, boy
^cedTi ; Sfiuág, boy Sgjtvág j jcacíji, boy bjiedjt, &c.
See Syntax.
The dative plural of all Nouns of one syllable is
generally like the nominative ; as net pijt, the men;
bom pfl, to the men ; yd coijtp, bom coi^p, &c.
But a Noun encreasing in the nominative plural,
nnd having its last vowel broad in the nominative
Singular will terminate its dative plural in ttiE ;
as cp.-r t bú paws ; boya. cnuixiiB, &c. and if the last
vowel be slender in the singular the dative plural
ends in iB ; as fqle Eyes; 60 yd -frjhb he. (13.)
The initials whether vowels or consonants never
differ from their nominatives.
Having hitherto shewn the initial modification
of nouns in genera!, their final variations also are
to be found in the following Table.
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