Words denoting inanimate things and ending in U, of this Declension, take t in the Locative case; either in the regular manner, by adding NA to the singular inflection, as, ~S~°MSsSx>$ in the paper, es--3~,5'sS»;S in the sky, "cSS" in the country; or by changing the 3&0 of the inflection into "tf and lengthening the preceding vowel: thus T0*-^, e3--r»'fi6, ciViS.
The form dniki, as ^s^rr-pS for Xol»sSx>iSS5, (also anni as Xo^PcJ. for Xo[tfsS»?S» in the accusative) are considered vulgar; and so is the ablative form ciVjS (in the country) from Two country, yet we meet with these expressions even in standard poems. Thus our English poets, even Pope and Milton, use expressions or forms which modern taste condemns.
Native tutors are apt to reject some good forms as vulgarities. (Thus instead of <&n>o-sS»7>&. H. K. 5. 76.) Some indeed
have urged me to omit such in this grammar. But whether the forms are right or wrong, we must learn them if we wish to understand and to be understood.
Sanscrit Neuter nouns, when they fall under this declension frequently use the Sanscrit shape of the Instrumental case. Thus ■jT°£d!6o Justice makes T^g^iS in justice, justly. SiS^tfo discrepancy, makes Z>&*~$i> inimically, through spite (See T. E. D. in tfsSsSM. S'oS't5"3reS43'(T*&o.) The proper and usual Telugu shapes would be aS^sko^tf, •jy°_gd!S8S»e^,s'oS'tfsSsS»i6 but, the pure Sanscrit forms are often used; just as we often use the pure Latin forms ex parte, ab initio, a fortiori, &c.
Nouns of this declension make the nominative plural either by adding «» to the nominative singular; or by changing the final «S» into «» and lengthening its penultimate syllable if it is not long. Thus N. Sing. XblSsto. Plu. ^s(tfd»e» or «o(jr»ex>. N. Sing. ~%o Ts-»js». Plu. "^poxpex).
THIRD DECLENSION.
The third Declension includes all regular nouns that have no inflection in the Singular.* Also irregular nouns; which will afterwards be described.
- Those verbal nouns that end in (Sj as ^5r«ci5w4j writing, can form the plural in ^sr»d8a3 ej«», but this is not usual.
