a-stems a-stems, whose uninflected stem ends in short a (//), are either masculine or neuter.

The masculine and neuter forms differ only in the nominative, vocative, and accusative cases. Masculine (loka- "world") Singular Nominative loko Vocative loka Accusative loka Instrumental lokena Ablative Dative Genitive Locative -stems Nouns ending in (/a/) are almost always feminine. Feminine (kath- "story") Singular Nominative kath Vocative Instrumental Ablative Dative Genitive Locative kathya kathna kathya, kathya kathsu kathe kathyo Accusative katha kathhi Plural lok (lokamh, lokasm; lokato) lokassa (lokya) lokassa loke (lokasmi) Plural lok loke lokehi lokna lokesu ynena yn (ynamh, ynasm; ynato) ynassa (ynya) ynassa yne (ynasmi) ynehi ynna ynesu yna Neuter (yna- "carriage") Singular Plural ynni

i-stems and u-stems i-stems and u-stems are either masculine or neuter. The masculine and neuter forms differ only in the nominative and accusative cases. The vocative has the same form as the nominative. Masculine (isi- "seer") Singular Nominative Vocative isi Plural isayo, is Neuter (akkhi- "fire") Singular akkhi, akkhi akkhin akkhin, akkhito akkhino akkhissa, akkhino akkhismi Plural akkh, akkhni

Accusative isi Instrumental isin Ablative Dative Genitive Locative isin, isito isino isissa, isino isismi isihi, ishi isina, isna isisu, issu akkhihi, akkhhi akkhina, akkhna akkhisu, akkhsu Neuter (cakkhu- "eye") Singular Plural

Masculine (bhikkhu- "monk") Singular Nominative Vocative Instrumental Ablative Dative Genitive Locative bhikkhu Plural bhikkhavo, bhikkh

cakkhu, cakkhu cakkhni

Accusative bhikkhu bhikkhun bhikkhuno bhikkhussa, bhikkhuno bhikkhusmi bhikkhhi bhikkhna bhikkhna, bhikkhunna bhikkhsu cakkhun cakkhuno cakkhussa, cakkhuno cakkhusmi cakkhhi cakkhna cakkhna, cakkhunna cakkhsu