masc.
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I retain our vulgar "Houri," warning the reader that it is a masc. for a fem.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
In Adjectives beginning with a Labial or a Palatal, the aspirated form alone is used in the gen. and voc. sing. masc. the nom. dat. and voc. sing. feminine.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
As usual, the masc. is used for the fem.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Noun masc., time; governed in the Dat. case by the Prep. ri, and preceded by h.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
Here we observe the ancient letter z standing for s and that for r, also the word cerus masc. of ceres, connected with the root creare.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
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