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Consonant stems · possessive -in suffix

hastin

Stems in -in — possessive adjectives and nouns: hastin "having a trunk → elephant", yogin "yogin", svāmin "lord", balin "strong".

	hastin Masculine · "elephant"
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nom.	hastī	hastinau	hastinaḥ
Acc.	hastinam	hastinau	hastinaḥ
Ins.	hastinā	hastibhyām	hastibhiḥ
Dat.	hastine	hastibhyām	hastibhyaḥ
Abl.	hastinaḥ	hastibhyām	hastibhyaḥ
Gen.	hastinaḥ	hastinoḥ	hastinām
Loc.	hastini	hastinoḥ	hastiṣu
Voc.	hastin	hastinau	hastinaḥ

Key. Nom. sg. hastī — final n drops, i lengthens. Voc. keeps n: hastin! Before consonant endings: hasti-bhyām. Fem.: hastinī (nadī-class).

How to remember

iNom. sg. = long -ī. The n drops, the i lengthens compensatorily. This is the signature of -in stems.
iiBefore consonant endings, n drops: hasti-bhyām, hasti-bhiḥ, hasti-bhyaḥ, hasti-ṣu.
iiiVoc. sg. = bare stem hastin! Only cell in sg. where -n surfaces. Fem. adds -ī: hastinī (nadī-class).

Exercise — hastin

Fill in all 24 forms.

	hastin Masculine · "elephant"
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nom.
Acc.
Ins.
Dat.
Abl.
Gen.
Loc.
Voc.

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Whitney §438–441 · MacDonell §82

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