+--------------+-------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+ | | Masculine. | Feminine. | Neuter. | | +------------+------------+------------+------------+---------------+------------+------------+------------+ | | Nom. Sing. | Nom. Plur. | Nom. Sing. | Nom. Plur. | Nom. Sing. | Nom. Plur. | Nom. Sing. | Nom. Plur. | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+---------------+------------+------------+------------+ | Weak form. | | | | | | | | | | Prakrit | kanno, | kanna | khatta, | khattao | culli, | cullio | gharam, | gharaim | | | an ear. | | a bed. | | a fireplace.| | a house. | | | Marathi | kan | kan | khat | khata | cul | culi | ghar | ghare | | Strong form. | | | | | | | | | | Prakrit | ghodao, | ghodaya | ghodia, | ghodiao | -- | -- | *ghodayam, | *ghodayaim | | | a horse. | | a mare. | | | | a horse. | | | Marathi | ghoda | ghode | ghodi | ghodya | -- | -- | ghode | ghodi | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+---------------+------------+------------+------------+ Several of the old synthetic cases have survived in Marathi, especially in the antique form of the language preserved in poetry. Most of them have fallen into disuse in the modern prose language. We may note the following, some of which have preserved the Maharastri forms, while others are directly derived from the Apabhramsa stage of the language. We content ourselves with giving some of the synthetic cases of one noun, a weak neuter a-base, ghar, a house.