1-9: Masculine Gender with -u at the end

1-9: U-kārantapulliṅgo - bhikkhu
1-9: Masculine Gender with -u at the end - bhikkhu

U-kārantapulliṅgobhikkhu-saddo vuccate
The Masculine Gender with -u at the end
is illustrated with the declinable word bhikkhu Similarly declined include: garu, bandhu, pasu, sindhu, sattu, setu, etc. etc.⁰¹

singular:	plural:	case:
-u	-ū -avo	nomimative - paṭhamā
-u	-ū -avo (-ave)	vocative - (paṭhamā)
-uṁ	-ū -avo	accusative - dutiyā
-unā	-ūhi -ūbhi	instrumental - tatiyā
-uno -ussa	-ūnaṁ	dative - catutthī
-unā -uto -usmā -umhā	-ūhi -ūbhi	ablative - pañcamī
-uno -ussa	-ūnaṁ	genitive - chaṭṭhī
-usmiṁ -umhi	-ūsu	locative - sattamī

Sato bhikkhu paribbaje SN 1 v. 49.⁰² (nom. sing.)
A mindful monk should wander forth

Te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ DN 14, near the beginning, and passim.⁰³ (nom. plur.)
Te bhikkhavo bhagavato paccassosuṁ
Those monks replied to the Gracious One

Paṭibhātu taṁ, bhikkhu, dhammo bhāsituṁ Ud. 5-6.⁰⁴ (voc. sing.)
Let it occur to you, monk, to speak on Dhamma

Ekadhammaṁ, bhikkhū pajahatha (voc. plur.)
Ekadhammaṁ, bhikkhavo, pajahatha
Ekadhammaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha Iti. 1. Bhikkhave is a so-called Magadhism, perhaps fossilised from the popular language, the form only occurs with this word.⁰⁵
There is one thing, monks, you should abandon

Bhagavā aññataraṁ bhikkhuṁ āmantesi DN 16, and passim.⁰⁶ (acc. sing.)
The Gracious One addressed a certain monk

Nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi DN 1, and passim.⁰⁷ (acc. plur.)
Nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhavo āmantesi
While sitting the Gracious One addressed the monks

Bhikkhunā Bhikkhunā and bhikkhuno below probably arise through analogy with the atta-type declension.⁰⁸ iti paṭisañcikkhitabbaṁ MN 151; III, p. 294.⁰⁹ (agent. inst. sing.)
Thus should it be reflected on by a monk

Tehi bhikkhūhi vuccamāno SN 20.10; II, p. 270.¹⁰ (agent. inst. plur.)
Being spoken to by those monks

Kathaṁrūpena ... bhikkhunā gosiṅgasālavanaṁ sobheyya? MN 32; 1, p. 212.¹¹ (inst. sing.)
By what kind of monk would the Gosiṅga Sāla Wood be beautified?

Sambahulehi bhikkhūhi ... aññā byākatā hoti MN 105, near the beginning; II, 252.¹² (inst. plur.)
Final knowledge had been declared ... by a great many monks

Aññatarassa bhikkhuno ... parivitakko udapādi DN 11; 1, p. 215.¹³ (dat. sing.)
Aññatarassa bhikkhussa This form is an analogical formation after the -a declension.¹⁴ ... parivitakko udapādi
A thought arose ... to a certain monk

Atha kho bhikkhūnaṁ etad-ahosi... Vin. Mv. 1; I, p. 91 and passim.¹⁵ (dat. plur.)
Then this occurred to the monks...

Dvāsīti Buddhā gaṇhiṁ, dve sahassāni bhikkhuto (ablative singular)
Dvāsīti Buddhato gaṇhiṁ, dve sahassāni bhikkhuto Th. v. 1024.¹⁶
Dvāsīti Buddhasmā gaṇhiṁ, dve sahassāni bhikkhuto
Dvāsīti Buddhamhā gaṇhiṁ, dve sahassāni bhikkhuto
82,000 I took from the Buddha, 2,000 from the monks

Bhikkhūhi saggaṁ labheyyuṁ sappurisā (abl. plur.)
From the monks the good men can attain heaven

Suññāgāraṁ paviṭṭhassa, santacittassa bhikkhuno Dhp. v. 373.¹⁷ (gen. sing.)
Suññāgāraṁ paviṭṭhassa, santacittassa bhikkhussa
For a monk with peaceful mind who has entered an empty place

Bhikkhūnaṁ imaṁ saṅkhiyadhammaṁ viditvā... DN 1; I, p. 2.¹⁸ (gen. plur.)
Having understood this thought of the monks...

Bhikkhusmiṁ mātugāmassa rāgavasena (loc. sing.)
Bhikkhumhi mātugāmassa rāgavasena Vin. A. III, p. 538.¹⁹
Because of passion for a woman in monks

Coro Aṅgulimālo bhikkhūsu pabbajito hoti (loc. plur.)
The brigand Aṅgulimāla had gone forth amongst the monks