বৰশী

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit বডিশ (baḍiśa). Cognate with Sylheti ꠛꠠꠤ (boṛi), Bengali বড়শি (boṛośi), Odia ବଡ଼ିସ (baṛisa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.ɹɔ.xi/

Noun

বৰশী • (boroxi) (classifier -টো)

  1. fishhook
    Synonym: আঁকোৰা (ãküra)

Declension

Declension of বৰশী
nominative বৰশী / বৰশীয়ে (boroxi / boroxie)
accusative বৰশী / বৰশীক (boroxi / boroxik)
dative বৰশীলৈ (boroxiloi)
terminative বৰশীলৈকে (boroxiloike)
instrumental বৰশীয়ে / বৰশীৰে (boroxie / boroxire)
genitive বৰশীৰ (boroxir)
locative বৰশীত (boroxit)

Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural.
Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc.
Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive.
Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too.
Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common.
Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese.
Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.