Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c8.71.4

c8.71.4

Such a confusion of the case-relations must be expected in course of time. Even in Sanskrit the gen. and instr. &c., are used alike in connection with some participles; and the identification of the abl. and the instr. we have already noticed in the Prākṛits. The gen. forms तुयह, तुम्भ, तुम्ह, तुज्झ, उम्भ, उम्ह, and उज्झ, all derived from the Sanskrit dat. तुभ्यम् and referred to the gen. when that case was lost, are taken as bases, and the terminations ए of the nom. and acc. pl., हि of the instr. pl., तो, दो, दु, ओ, and उ of the abl., ण or णं of the gen. pl., and म्मि and सु of the loc. sing. and pl. are tacked on to them to form these cases. Here the tendency to use the genitive form as a base for the formation of the other cases, a trace of which only we observed in the Pâli, is seen more developed.