ഈ താളിൽ തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ വായന നടന്നിരിക്കുന്നു
38 A GRAMMAR OF THE
The first has its nominative case ending in | ം |
— Second, | ൻ. |
—Third, | ൽ, ൾ, |
and nouns followed by the half sound14 of | അ. |
— Fourth has its nominative case ending in | ആ, ഇ, ൟ. |
and nouns followed by the full sound of | അ. |
— Fifth has its nominative case ending in | ഉ. |
FIRST DECLENSION.
Paradigm of nouns ending in ം.
SINGULAR.
N. | വൃക്ഷം, | a tree, |
G. | വൃക്ഷത്തിന്റെ, | of a tree, |
D. | വൃക്ഷത്തിന്ന, | to a tree, |
Ac. | വൃക്ഷത്തിനെ,—വൃക്ഷത്തെ, | a tree, |
1st Ab. | വൃക്ഷത്തിനാൽ,—വൃക്ഷത്താൽ, | by a tree, |
2nd ,, | വൃക്ഷത്തിനൊട,—വൃക്ഷത്തൊട, | with a tree, |
3rd ,, | വൃക്ഷത്തിൽ, | in a tree, |
4th ,, | വൃക്ഷത്തിൽനിന്ന, | from a tree. |
PLURAL.
N. | വൃക്ഷങ്ങൾ, | trees. |
G. | വൃക്ഷങ്ങളുടെ, | of trees. |
D. | വൃക്ഷങ്ങൾക്ക, | to trees, |
Ac. | വൃക്ഷങ്ങളെ, | trees. |
1st Ab. | വൃക്ഷങ്ങളാൽ, | by trees. |
2nd ,, | വൃക്ഷങ്ങളൊട, | with trees. |
3rd ,, | വൃക്ഷങ്ങളിൽ, | in trees. |
4th ,, | വൃക്ഷങ്ങളിൽനിന്ന, | from trees. |
14 Though the vowel sound, of അ, is inherent in every consonant, but
the finals; yet it is only half sounded in the last consonant of many
words. This deviation from the general rule arises from three causes;
first, in consequence of some letters having been mistaken for others;
as in the case of the Initial and Final consonants: secondly, by attempt-
ing to retain the sound of words, derived from the Sancrit, Tamil, and
Teloogoo; as pronounced in those languages: and thirdly, from the
loose manner in which the Malaylim is pronounced by the majority of
the Natives. By long usage however the sounds of the words have