The numerals, allmost all of them take all the genders, with the following difference :–
(i) take all genders but are declined differently in each gender
(ii) are declined alike in all genders but only in the plural.
(iii) to are declined in the singular number and feminine gender only, whatever be the gender of the substantive qualified. The cardinals are treated as ordinary adjectives.
(iv) and may either be used in the neutre gender, or plural in the singular number agreeing only in case with the qualified substantives or
as ordinary adjectives agreeing in all respects. For multiples of and
, Prefix the word indicating the multiplicator and treat the compound
as an adjective e.g.
(v) Multiplicative adverbs are formed by adding to the numerals in the
or .
(vi) Suffix may be used after numerals in the sense of ways, times, fold
etc. - once, - of two kinds : - in three ways.
(vii) is a distributive adverbial suffix e.g. = one by one; = by
(viii) is added to numerals in the sense of ‘only’ turning them into adjectives
e.g. - only four warriors.
(ix) any number plus one-half is expressed by prefixing to the consecutive higher number.
(x) To give the distributive sense a numeral is repeated e.g. = each one.