त्वं
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Pronoun
त्वं c
- Devanagari script form of tvaṃ ("you")
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 252; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- सब्बेसं तिण्णं पठममज्झिमुत्तमपुरिसानं एकाभिधाने परो पुरिसो गहेतब्बो। सो च पठति, ते च पठन्ति, त्वञ्च पठसि तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पठामि = मयं पठाम; सो पचति, ते च पचन्ति, त्वञ्च पचन्ति, तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पचआमि = मयं पचाम एवं सेसासु विभत्तीसु परो पुरिसो योजेतब्बो॥
- Sabbesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ paṭhamamajjhimuttamapurisānaṃ ekābhidhāne paro puriso gahetabbo. So ca paṭhati, te ca paṭhanti, tvañca paṭhasi, tumhe ca paṭhatha, ahañca paṭhāmi = mayaṃ paṭhāma; so pacati, te ca pacanti, tvañca pacasi, tumhe ca pacatha, ahañca pacāmi = mayaṃ pacāma. Evaṃ sesāsu vibhattīsu paro puriso yojetabbo.
- With all three, third, second, and first persons, in one expression, the last person is to be taken. He reads, they read, thou readest, you read, and I read = we read; he cooks, they cook, thou cookest, you cook , and I cook = we cook. The last person is to be applied thus for other endings.
Declension
Declension table of "त्वं"
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | त्वं (tvaṃ) or तुवं (tuvaṃ) | तुम्हे (tumhe) |
| Accusative (second) | तं (taṃ) or त्वं (tvaṃ) or तुवं (tuvaṃ) | तुम्हे (tumhe) or वो (vo) |
| Instrumental (third) | तया (tayā) or ते (te) | तुम्हेहि (tumhehi) or वो (vo) |
| Dative (fourth) | तव (tava) or तुय्हं (tuyhaṃ) or तुम्हं (tumhaṃ) or ते (te) | तुम्हाकं (tumhākaṃ) or तुम्हं (tumhaṃ) or वो (vo) |
| Ablative (fifth) | त्वया (tvayā) | तुम्हेहि (tumhehi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | तव (tava) or तुय्हं (tuyhaṃ) or तुम्हं (tumhaṃ) or ते (te) | तुम्हाकं (tumhākaṃ) or तुम्हं (tumhaṃ) or वो (vo) |
| Locative (seventh) | तयि (tayi) | तुम्हेसु (tumhesu) |
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tʋɐm/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ʋɐm/
Pronoun
त्वं • (tvaṃ)
- combining form of त्वम् (tvam)