माफी
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian معافی (mu'āfī), from Arabic مُعَاف (muʕāf).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.pʰi/, [ma.pʰiː]
- Hyphenation: मा‧फी
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
माफी • (māphī) f
- forgiveness, pardon
- Synonym: क्षमा (kṣamā)
- दोषीची माफीची याचिका फेटाळण्यात आली.
- doṣīcī māphīcī yācikā pheṭāḷaṇyāt ālī.
- The convict's plea for a pardon was rejected.
Declension
| Declension of माफी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
माफी māphī | ||
| direct plural |
माफ्या māphyā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
माफी māphī |
माफ्या māphyā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
माफी māphī |
माफ्यां- māphyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
माफीला māphīlā |
माफ्यांना māphyānnā | |
| ergative | माफीने, माफीनं māphīne, māphīna |
माफ्यांनी māphyānnī | |
| instrumental | माफीशी māphīśī |
माफ्यांशी māphyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
माफीत māphīt |
माफ्यांत māphyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
माफी māphī |
माफ्यांनो māphyānno | |
| 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 माफी (fem ī-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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
माफीचा māphīċā |
माफीचे māphīċe |
माफीची māphīcī |
माफीच्या māphīcā |
माफीचे, माफीचं māphīċe, māphīċa |
माफीची māphīcī |
माफीच्या māphīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
माफ्यांचा māphyānċā |
माफ्यांचे māphyānċe |
माफ्यांची māphyāñcī |
माफ्यांच्या māphyāncā |
माफ्यांचे, माफ्यांचं māphyānċe, māphyānċa |
माफ्यांची māphyāñcī |
माफ्यांच्या māphyāñcā | |
| * 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) “माफी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies