Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t1.5
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t1.5
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The paragogic suffix **-y (1.1 & 2.1)** or **-i (3.1)** is added optionally after nouns ending in *-i* or *-ai*. The practice continued in later times also. Cf. (inscr.) *kuratti-y* 'nun', *aṟuṭṭuṇai-y* 'a personal name' (*SII.* V: Nos. 320 & 352 respectively, Pāṇṭiya, ca. 9th cent. A.D.). The paragogic suffix *-y* is also found in some of the palm-leaf manuscripts of *Puṟanāṉūṟu* (U.Ve. Swaminathaiyar, 6th edn., p. 18). See section 7.8.1.