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75. What are their names and affixes?
As follows:
| Cases | Names | Affixes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| i | The First | The Nominative (case of the Agent or Subject) . . |
an, aḷ, am, (some- times the crude- form is used with- out any affix). |
| ii | ,, Second | The Accusative (or Objective) | é. |
| iii | ,, Third | The Instrumental . . | ál. |
| The Associative . . . | oṭŭ. | ||
| iv | ,, Fourth | The Dative . . . . | kŭ, nŭ. |
| The Dative of Locality . | ilekkŭ, ekkŭ. | ||
| v | ,, Fifth | The Ablative . . . . | ilninnŭ, unnŭ. |
| vi | ,, Sixth | The Genitive (or Possessive) | uṭe, nr̥e. |
| vii | ,, Seventh | The Locative . . . . | il, inkal, kkal. |
Perhaps the nominative of address, or vocative may
be regarded as an eighth case.
Ex: 'achchá', 'achchané' (=O father!)
