2-2: Feminine Gender with -i at the end

2-2: I-kāranta-itthiliṅgo- ratti
2-2: Feminine Gender with -i at the end - ratti

I-kāranta-itthiliṅgo ratti-saddo vuccate
The Feminine Gender with -i at the end
is illustrated with the declinable word ratti Similarly declined are: sati, bhūmi, yuvati, khanti, vuddhi, vuṭṭhi, doṇi, etc. etc ⁰¹

singular:	plural:	case:
-i	-iyo -ī	nomimative - paṭhamā
-i	-iyo -ī	vocative - (paṭhamā)
-iṁ	-iyo -ī	accusative - dutiyā
-iyā -yā	-īhi -ībhi	instrumental - tatiyā
-iyā -yā	-īnaṁ	dative - catutthī
-iyā -yā	-īhi -ībhi	ablative - pañcamī
-iyā -yā	-īnaṁ	genitive - chaṭṭhī
-iyaṁ -iyā -imhi	-īsu	locative - sattamī

Ratti juṇhā sammā virocati (nom. sing.)
The moonlight night truly shines forth

Rattiyo juṇhāyo virocanti (nom. plur.)
Rattī juṇhāyo virocanti
Moonlight nights shine forth

Bho ratti juṇhā! Sammā viroca (voc. sing.)
Good moonlight night! You must truly shine forth

Bho rattiyo juṇhāyo! Virocatha (voc. plur.)
Bho rattī juṇhāyo! Virocatha
Good moonlight nights! You must truly shine forth

Rattiṁ na oloketvā Dhammaṁ suṇomi (acc. sing.)
Without having looked at the night, i.e. not caring what time it is.⁰² I listen to the Dhamma

Rattiyo na oloketvā Dhammaṁ suṇoma (acc. plur.)
Rattī na oloketvā Dhammaṁ suṇoma
Without having looked at the nights, we listen to the Dhamma

Rattiyā yo koci maggo rundhīyati (agent. inst. sing.)
Ratyā Ratyā is a contraction found in this word, but it is not common to the declension. Similar is the contraction from jātiyo >> jacco, and jātiyā >> jaccā.⁰³ yo koci maggo rundhīyati
There is some road which is obstructed by the night

Rattīhi ye keci maggā rundhīyanti (agent. inst. plur.)
There are some roads which are obstructed by the nights

Rattiyā corajeṭṭho corayati (inst. sing.)
Ratyā corajeṭṭho corayati
Because of the night the leading thief steals

Rattīhi corajeṭṭhā corayanti (inst. plur.)
Because of the nights the leading thieves steals

Rattiyā dīpaṁ dadāti dīpakāle (dat. sing.)
The day-time gives light to the night

Rattīnaṁ dīpaṁ dadanti dīpakāle (dat. plur.)
The day-time gives light to the nights

Rattiyā bhojanā appaṭivirato (abl. sing.)
Ratyā bhojanā appaṭivirato
He did not abstain from night-time food

Rattīhi bhojanehi appaṭivirato (abl. plur.)
He did not abstain from food during the night

Rattiyā ghanāndhakāro pi hoti (gen. sing.)
Ratyā ghanāndhakāro pi hoti
The night has dense darkness

Rattīnaṁ ghanāndhakārā pi honti (gen. plur.)
The nights have dense darkness

Rattiyaṁ sūriyo na pātubhavati (loc. sing.)
Rattiyā sūriyo na pātubhavati
Rattimhi There is also a form ratto, which appears quite frequently, which is a dual, analogous to Sanskrit rattau, it is not common to the declension however.⁰⁴ sūriyo na pātubhavati
The Sun does not appear in the night

Rattīsu uhuṅkārā gocaraṁ gaṇhanti (loc. plur.)
The owl takes to flight in the nights