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CHAPTER FOURTH.

ADJECTIVES.

OF దేశ్యము ADJECTIVES.

The l#bo adjectives are indeclinable, varying neither in gender, in number, nor in case; but dependent for these distinctions upon the substantive nouns or pronouns, to some of which they are invariably prefixed. The following list, containing a few of the most common, will shew that they generally terminate in the short vowels or v>.

Example	cold.	Example	strong, hard.
Example	small.	Example	soft.
Example	great.	Example	dirty.
Example	little.	Example	damp, wet.
Example	white.	Example	blind.
Example	black.	Example	bitter.
Example	red.	Example	beautiful.
Example	yellow.	Example	tall, long.
Example	bad.	Example	slack.
Example	old.	Example	broad.
Example	new.	Example	heavy.
Example	male.	Example	sweet.
Example	aged, old.	Example	sour.
Example	short, small.	Example	true.
Example	good.	Example	sharp.