as above, as နှစ်ယောက်မြောက်သောသား, the second son; နှစ်ရက်မြောက်သောနေ့, the second day.
miscellaneous adjectives.
There are a few adjectives, which, on account of some peculiarity, cannot be placed in either of the foregoing classes. Some of them are prefixed to their nouns, as မဟာ, great, အာကာ, extraordinary; some are either prefixed or affixed, as အနန္တ, infinite, သာမည, ordinary; and some are affixed, as တိုင်း, every; ကလေး, small; တော် (honorific;) မ, principal, chief among many; အတိ, pure, clear, free from mixture; ချင်း, single, one only, as တနေ့ချင်းတွင်, in a single day; တည်း, only, no more, used with numerals, as တခုတည်း, one only.
nouns used adjectively.
Nouns used adjectively may be distributed into three classes, viz:—
1. Names of races of men, of countries, towns, &c. when used to qualify a following noun, as အင်္ဂလိတ်, an Englishman, အင်္ဂလိတ်လူ, ditto,
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