Number.
A common noun, in its simple state, divested of all definitive adjuncts, is often a noun of multitude, as လူသေတတ်သည်, man is mortal; but the plural of all nouns is regularly formed by affixing ကို့, pronounced ဒို့, to the singular, as လူ, man, လူကို့, men. များ, many, is sometimes used instead of ကို့.
Gender.
Gender is distinguished, sometimes by a different word, as ယောက်ျား, a man, မိမ္မ, a woman; sometimes by the feminine affix မ or ကတော်, as ရဟန်း, a priest, (of Boodh,) ရဟန်းမ, a priestess, မင်း, a governor, မင်းကတော်, a governess; and sometimes by affixing ထီး, or ဖ, or ဖို, for the masculine, and မ for the feminine, as ခွေးထီး, a dog, ခွေးမ, a bitch, ကြက်ဖ, a cock, ကြက်မ, a hen, ငန်းဖို, a gander, ငန်းမ, a goose.
Case.
The relations of nouns, expressed, in most languages, by prepositions or inflections, are here expressed by particles affixed to the noun, without any inflection of the noun itself, except in some of the personal nouns. The affixes of case are as follows:—
