1-8: Masculine Gender with -i at the end

1-8: Ī-kārantapulliṅga - hatthī
1-8: Masculine Gender with -ī at the end - hatthī

Ī-kārantapulliṅgo hatthī-saddo vuccate
The Masculine Gender with -ī at the end
is illustrated with the declinable word hatthī This form is given as daṇḍin in the modern grammars, but the Pāḷi grammarians normally give it as daṇḍī. Similarly declined include: hatthī, sāmī, seṭṭhī, sukhī, bhogī, etc. etc. The declension is thought of as adjectival, and is also treated as part of the neuter declension at 3.6 below.

singular:	plural:	case:
-ī	-ino -ī	nominative - paṭhamā
-ī	-ino -ī	vocative - (paṭhamā)
-inaṁ -iṁ	-ino -ī	accusative - dutiyā
-inā	-īhi -ībhi	instrumental - tatiyā
-ino -issa	-īnaṁ	dative - catutthī
-inā īto -ismā -imhā	-īhi -ībhi	ablative - pañcamī
-ino -issa	-īnaṁ	genitive - chaṭṭhī
-ini -ismiṁ -imhi	-īsu	locative - sattamī

Ediso, jaccandhā, hatthī Ud. 6-4. (nom. sing.)
Such, blind men, is an elephant

Sataṁ hatthī sataṁ assā, sataṁ assatarīrathā SN 1. v. 837. (nom. plur.)
Sataṁ hatthino sataṁ assā, sataṁ assatarīrathā
A hundred elephants, a hundred horses, a hundred mule-drawn chariots

Bho hatthī! Maggaṁ gacchehi (voc. sing.)
O elephant! You must go along the road

Bho hatthino! Maggaṁ gacchetha (voc. plur.)
Bho hatthī! Maggaṁ gacchetha
O elephants! You must go along the road

Jaccandhānaṁ hatthiṁ dassehī ti Ud. 6-4. (acc. sing.)
Jaccandhānaṁ hatthinaṁ dassehī ti
Show an elephant to those congenitally blind.

Hatthino asse ca yojentu rathaṁ (acc. plur.)
Hatthī asse ca yojentu rathaṁ Jā. 532; V, p. 319.
You must harness horses and elephants to the chariot

Rathaṁ setena hatthinā nīyati (agent. inst. sing.)
The chariot is led out by the white elephant

Rathe setehi hatthīhi nīyati (agent. inst. plur.)
The chariots are led out by the white elephants

Caṇḍena pi hatthinā samāgacchati MN 76; I, p. 519. (inst. sing.)
He meets with a wild elephant

Hatthināgo ākiṇṇo viharati hatthīhi Ud. 4-5. (inst. plur.)
A Nāga elephant was living beset by elephants

So hatthissa ce pi pahāraṁ deti AN III, p. 121. (dat. sing.)
So hatthino ce pi pahāraṁ deti
If he gives a blow to an elephant

Hatthīnaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati AN V, p. 268. (dat. plur.)
He will be reborn amongst the elephants

Hatthinā oruyha ... idaṁ gāthā dvayam-āha (abl. sing.)
Hatthito oruyha ... idaṁ gāthā dvayam-āha
Hatthismā oruyha ... idaṁ gāthā dvayam-āha
Hatthimhā oruyha ... idaṁ gāthā dvayam-āha Jā. 231; II, p. 222.
Having descended from the elephant ... he spoke these two verses

Caṇdehi hatthīhi bhayāni uppajjanti (abl. plur.)
Fears arise from wild elephants

Īsādantassa hatthino ... cittaṁ Ud. 4-5. (gen. sing.)
Īsādantassa hatthissa ... cittaṁ
The pole-toothed elephant’s ... mind

Na tattha hatthīnaṁ bhūmi SN 1, v. 443. (gen. plur.)
There is no ground there for elephants

Hatthini vā assasmiṁ vā ... anavayo (loc. sing.)
Hatthismiṁ vā assasmiṁ vā ... anavayo AN III, p. 152.
Hatthimhi vā assasmiṁ vā ... anavayo
Not lacking in an elephant or a horse

Hatthīsi vā assesu vā ... anavayo Based on the above. (loc. plur.)
Not lacking in elephants or horses