A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of Languages c7.2

c7.2

In this section it will be my endeavour to investigate the nature and affections of the Dravidian noun, with the view of ascertaining its method of expressing the relations of gender and number, and the principles on which that method proceeds, together with the characteristics and origin of its case system, or system of means for expressing the relationship of nouns with other parts of speech. It will be shown at the close of the section on "The Verb," how derivative nouns are formed from verbal roots; and the various classes of participial nouns will then also be investigated.