बहुवचन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुवचन (bahuvacana). Analyzable as बहु- (bahu-, “many”) +‎ वचन (vacan, “grammatical number”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦʊ.ʋə.t͡ʃən/, [bɔ.ɦɔ.ʋɐ.t͡ʃɐ̃n]

Noun

बहुवचन • (bahuvacan) m

(grammar) the plural number; a plural
Antonym: एकवचन (ekavcan)

Declension

Declension of *बहुवचन* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	बहुवचन bahuvacan	बहुवचन bahuvacan
oblique	बहुवचन bahuvacan	बहुवचनों bahuvacanõ
vocative	बहुवचन bahuvacan	बहुवचनो bahuvacano

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुवचन (bahuvacana). By surface analysis, बहु- (bahu-, “many”) +‎ वचन (vacan, “grammatical number”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bə.ɦuʋ.t͡ɕən/, [bʱuʋ.t͡ɕən]

Noun

बहुवचन • (bahuvacan) n

(grammar) the plural number; a plural
Antonym: एकवचन (ekavcan)

Declension

Declension of बहुवचन (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	बहुवचन bahuvcan
direct plural	बहुवचने, बहुवचनं bahuvacne, bahuvacna
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	बहुवचन bahuvcan	बहुवचने, बहुवचनं bahuvacne, bahuvacna
oblique सामान्यरूप	बहुवचना bahuvacnā	बहुवचनां- bahuvacnān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	बहुवचनाला bahuvacnālā	बहुवचनांना bahuvacnānnā
ergative	बहुवचनाने, बहुवचनानं bahuvacnāne, bahuvacnāna	बहुवचनांनी bahuvacnānnī
instrumental	बहुवचनाशी bahuvacnāśī	बहुवचनांशी bahuvacnānśī
locative सप्तमी	बहुवचनात bahuvacnāt	बहुवचनांत bahuvacnāt
vocative संबोधन	बहुवचना bahuvacnā	बहुवचनांनो bahuvacnānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of बहुवचन (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	बहुवचनाचा bahuvacnāċā	बहुवचनाचे bahuvacnāċe	बहुवचनाची bahuvacnācī	बहुवचनाच्या bahuvacnācā	बहुवचनाचे, बहुवचनाचं bahuvacnāċe, bahuvacnāċa	बहुवचनाची bahuvacnācī	बहुवचनाच्या bahuvacnācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	बहुवचनांचा bahuvacnānċā	बहुवचनांचे bahuvacnānċe	बहुवचनांची bahuvacnāñcī	बहुवचनांच्या bahuvacnāncā	बहुवचनांचे, बहुवचनांचं bahuvacnānċe, bahuvacnānċa	बहुवचनांची bahuvacnāñcī	बहुवचनांच्या bahuvacnāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “बहुवचन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies