masc.
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As usual, the masc. is used for the fem.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
In Adjectives beginning with a Labial or a Palatal, the aspirated form alone is used in the gen. and voc. sing. masc. the nom. dat. and voc. sing. feminine.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander
Thus:— Dên, man, masc. sing.; an dên, the man. dhô’n dên, to the man.
From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry
Tassow, fathers, masc. plur.; an dassow, the fathers. dhô’n dassow, to the fathers.
From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry
The few fem. nouns of this declension take the masc. terminations.
From Greek in a Nutshell by Strong, James
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