Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c8.73

c8.73

In the Mâgadhî the ओ of the nom. sing. of nouns ending in अ is replaced by ए; as एशे पुलिशे for एष पुरुषः. The स्स of the gen. sing. is sometimes changed to ह and the preceding अ is lengthened; as शोणिदाह कुम्भे for शोणितस्य कुम्भः. The plural of this case is formed by adding आहं, as कम्माहं for कर्मणाम्. The anusvâra represents the ण of the original termination आण, and ह is introduced from the analogy of the sing. The regular forms शोणिदस्स and कम्माणं are also admissible. Such forms as these we shall meet with hereafter; and they belong to a later stage in the decay of our grammar.