A-stems
A-stems (/ə/ or /aː/) comprise the largest class of nouns. As a rule, nouns belonging to this class, with the uninflected stem ending in short-a (/ə/), are either masculine or neuter. Nouns ending in long-A (/aː/) are almost always feminine. A-stem adjectives take the masculine and neuter in short-a (/ə/), and feminine in long-A (/aː/) in their stems. This class is so big because it also comprises the Proto-Indo-European o-stems.
| Masculine (kāma-) | Neuter (āsya- 'mouth') | Feminine (kānta- 'beloved') | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | kā́mas | kā́mau | kā́mās | āsyàm | āsyè | āsyā̀ni | kāntā | kānte | kāntās |
| Accusative | kā́mam | kā́mau | kā́mān | āsyàm | āsyè | āsyā̀ni | kāntām | kānte | kāntās |
| Instrumental | kā́mena | kā́mābhyām | kā́mais | āsyèna | āsyā̀bhyām | āsyāìs | kāntayā | kāntābhyām | kāntābhis |
| Dative | kā́māya | kā́mābhyām | kā́mebhyas | āsyā̀ya | āsyā̀bhyām | āsyèbhyas | kāntāyai | kāntābhyām | kāntābhyās |
| Ablative | kā́māt | kā́mābhyām | kā́mebhyas | āsyā̀t | āsyā̀bhyām | āsyèbhyas | kāntāyās | kāntābhyām | kāntābhyās |
| Genitive | kā́masya | kā́mayos | kā́mānām | āsyàsya | āsyàyos | āsyā̀nām | kāntāyās | kāntayos | kāntānām |
| Locative | kā́me | kā́mayos | kā́meṣu | āsyè | āsyàyos | āsyèṣu | kāntāyām | kāntayos | kāntāsu |
| Vocative | kā́ma | kā́mau | kā́mās | ā́sya | āsyè | āsyā̀ni | kānte | kānte | kāntās |
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