Editing Pali (section)

===Nominal inflection===
Pali nouns inflect for three [[grammatical gender]]s (masculine, feminine, and neuter) and two numbers (singular and plural). The nouns also, in principle, display eight [[grammatical case|cases]]: [[nominative case|nominative]] or ''paccatta'' case, [[vocative case|vocative]], [[accusative case|accusative]] or ''upayoga'' case, [[instrumental case|instrumental]] or ''{{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|karaṇa}}'' case, [[dative case|dative]] or ''sampadāna'' case, [[ablative case|ablative]], [[genitive case|genitive]] or ''sāmin'' case, and [[locative case|locative]] or ''bhumma'' case; however, in many instances, two or more of these cases are identical in form; this is especially true of the genitive and dative cases.

====a-stems====
a-stems, whose uninflected stem ends in short ''a'' ({{IPA|/ə/}}), are either masculine or neuter. The masculine and neuter forms differ only in the nominative, vocative, and accusative cases.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|
!colspan="2"| Masculine (''loka-'' "world")
!colspan="2"| Neuter (''yāna-'' "carriage")
|-
! Singular !! Plural !! Singular !! Plural
|-
! Nominative
| loko ||rowspan="2"| lokā||rowspan="3"| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|yānaṁ}} ||rowspan="3"| yānāni
|-
! Vocative
| loka
|-
! Accusative
| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|lokaṁ}}|| loke
|-
! Instrumental
| lokena ||rowspan="2"| lokehi (lokebhi) || yānena||rowspan="2"| yānehi
|-
! Ablative
| lokā (lokamhā, lokasmā; lokato) || yānā (yānamhā, yānasmā; yānato)
|-
! Dative
| lokassa (lokāya) ||rowspan="2"| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|lokānaṁ}} || yānassa (yānāya) ||rowspan="2"| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|yānānaṁ}}
|-
! Genitive
| lokassa || yānassa
|-
! Locative
| loke ({{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|lokasmiṁ, lokamhi}}) || lokesu|| yāne ({{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|yānasmiṁ, yānamhi}}) || yānesu
|}

====ā-stems====
Nouns ending in ā ({{IPA|/aː/}}) are almost always feminine.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|
!colspan="2"| Feminine (''kathā-'' "story")
|-
! Singular !! Plural
|-
! Nominative
| kathā ||rowspan="3"| kathāyo
|-
! Vocative
| kathe
|-
! Accusative
| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|kathaṁ}}
|-
! Instrumental
|rowspan="4"| kathāya ||rowspan="2"| kathāhi
|-
! Ablative
|-
! Dative
|rowspan="2"| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|kathānaṁ}}
|-
! Genitive
|-
! Locative
| kathāya, {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|kathāyaṁ}} || kathāsu
|}

====i-stems and u-stems====
i-stems and u-stems are either masculine or neuter. The masculine and neuter forms differ only in the nominative and accusative cases. The vocative has the same form as the nominative.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|
!colspan="2"| Masculine (''isi-'' "seer")
!colspan="2"| Neuter (''akkhi-'' "eye")
|-
! Singular !! Plural !! Singular !! Plural
|-
! Nominative
|rowspan="2"| isi ||rowspan="3"| isayo, isī ||rowspan="3"| akkhi, {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|akkhiṁ}} ||rowspan="3"| akkhī, akkhīni
|-
! Vocative
|-
! Accusative
| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|isiṁ}}
|-
! Instrumental
| isinā ||rowspan="2"| isihi, isīhi || akkhinā ||rowspan="2"| akkhihi, akkhīhi
|-
! Ablative
| isinā, isito || akkhinā, akkhito
|-
! Dative
| isino ||rowspan="2"| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|isinaṁ, isīnaṁ}} || akkhino ||rowspan="2"| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|akkhinaṁ, akkhīnaṁ}}
|-
! Genitive
| isissa, isino || akkhissa, akkhino
|-
! Locative
| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|isismiṁ}} || isisu, isīsu || {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|akkhismiṁ}} || akkhisu, akkhīsu
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|
!colspan="2"| Masculine (''bhikkhu-'' "monk")
!colspan="2"| Neuter (''cakkhu-'' "eye")
|-
! Singular !! Plural !! Singular !! Plural
|-
! Nominative
|rowspan="2"| bhikkhu ||rowspan="3"| bhikkhavo, bhikkhū ||rowspan="3"| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|cakkhu, cakkhuṁ}} ||rowspan="3"| cakkhūni
|-
! Vocative
|-
! Accusative
| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|bhikkhuṁ}}
|-
! Instrumental
|rowspan="2"| bhikkhunā ||rowspan="2"| bhikkhūhi ||rowspan="2"| cakkhunā ||rowspan="2"| cakkhūhi
|-
! Ablative
|-
! Dative
| bhikkhuno || {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|bhikkhūnaṁ}} || cakkhuno || {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|cakkhūnaṁ}}
|-
! Genitive
| bhikkhussa, bhikkhuno || {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|bhikkhūnaṁ, bhikkhunnaṁ}} || cakkhussa, cakkhuno || {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|cakkhūnaṁ, cakkhunnaṁ}}
|-
! Locative
| {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|bhikkhusmiṁ}} || bhikkhūsu || {{Transliteration|sinh|ISO|cakkhusmiṁ}} || cakkhūsu
|}