291. Pronominal adjectives.

Pronominal adjectives are:

I. kiyant (how great, quantus), Dem. iyant, tāvant and etāvant (tantus), with the relat. yāvant „[as great] as.”

II. kīdṛśa (qualis?), Dem. īdṛśa, tādṛśa, etādṛśa (talis, such), Rel. yādṛśa „[such] as”, Indef. anyādṛśa „like another.” They are also made of personal pronouns: mādṛśa (somebody like me), tvādṛśa, bhavādṛśa etc. — All of them may end also in -dṛś and in -dṛkśa.

III. kati (how many ?), Rel. yati „[as many] as,” Indef. katicit (some, any). Like the kindred Latin quot, aliquot, they are indeclinable.

The Dem. tati is not used.

291. 代名詞的形容詞

代名詞的形容詞(pronominal adjective)は以下の通り:

I. kiyant(どれほど大きな…, how great, quantus);関係詞のyāvantを伴う指示のiyanttāvantetāvant(…ほどに大きな, [as great] as, tantus)

II. kīdṛśa(どのような…, qualis?);指示のīdṛśatādṛśaetādṛśa(そのような, such, talis);関係のyādṛśa(…のような, [such] as);不定のanyādṛśa(別のもののような, like another)。これらは人称代名詞からも作られる:mādṛśa(私のような誰か)、tvādṛśabhavādṛśaなど。これらはすべて-dṛś-dṛkśaで終わる。

III. kati(どれだけの…);関係のyati(…ほどの, [as many] as);不定のkaticit(some, any)。ラテン語における同族語quot、aliquotと同様に、これらは不変化辞である。

指示のtatiは用いられない。