π°πΊππ³
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- π²πΊππ (siαΉgha)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit ΰ€Έΰ€Ώΰ€ΰ€Ή (siαΉhΓ‘, βlionβ). Cognate with Ardhamagadhi Prakrit π²π»π³ (sΔ«ha), Sauraseni Prakrit π²πΊππ³ (siαΉha), Maharastri Prakrit π²π»π³ (sΔ«ha), Pali sΔ«ha.
Noun
π°πΊππ³ (ΕiαΉha) m (Devanagari ΰ€Άΰ€Ώΰ€ΰ€Ή) (attested in MΔgadhΔ«)
Declension
| Magadhi declension of π°πΊππ³ (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | π°πΊππ³π (ΕiαΉhe) | π°πΊππ³πΈ (ΕiαΉhΔ) |
| Accusative | π°πΊππ³π (ΕiαΉhaαΉ) | π°πΊππ³π (ΕiαΉhe) |
| Instrumental | π°πΊππ³ππ‘ (ΕiαΉheαΉa) or π°πΊππ³ππ‘π (ΕiαΉheαΉaαΉ) | π°πΊππ³ππ³πΊ (ΕiαΉhehi) or π°πΊππ³ππ³πΊπ (ΕiαΉhehiαΉ) |
| Dative | π°πΊππ³πΈπ (ΕiαΉhΔa) | β |
| Ablative | π°πΊππ³πΈπ€π (ΕiαΉhΔdo) or π°πΊππ³π’ππ’π (ΕiαΉhatto) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ³πΊππ’π (ΕiαΉhΔhiαΉto) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ€πΌ (ΕiαΉhΔdu) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ³πΊ (ΕiαΉhΔhi) or π°πΊππ³πΈ (ΕiαΉhΔ) | π°πΊππ³π°πΌππ’π (ΕiαΉhaΕuαΉto) or π°πΊππ³ππ°πΌππ’π (ΕiαΉheΕuαΉto) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ³πΊππ’π (ΕiαΉhΔhiαΉto) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ³πΊ (ΕiαΉhΔhi) or π°πΊππ³ππ³πΊ (ΕiαΉhehi) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ (ΕiαΉhΔo) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ (ΕiαΉhΔu) or π°πΊππ³π’ππ’π (ΕiαΉhatto) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ€π (ΕiαΉhΔdo) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ€πΌ (ΕiαΉhΔdu) |
| Genitive | π°πΊππ³π°ππ° (ΕiαΉhaΕΕa) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ³ (ΕiαΉhΔha) | π°πΊππ³πΈπ‘π (ΕiαΉhΔαΉaαΉ) or π°πΊππ³πΈπ³π (ΕiαΉhΔhaαΉ) |
| Locative | π°πΊππ³π (ΕiαΉhe) or π°πΊππ³π«ππ³πΊ (ΕiαΉhamhi) or π°πΊππ³π«ππ«πΊ (ΕiαΉhammi) | π°πΊππ³ππ°πΌ (ΕiαΉheΕu) or π°πΊππ³ππ°πΌπ (ΕiαΉheΕuαΉ) |
| Vocative | π°πΊππ³ (ΕiαΉha) or π°πΊππ³π (ΕiαΉhe) | π°πΊππ³πΈ (ΕiαΉhΔ) |
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969β1985) βsiαΉhΓ‘β, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 188
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakritβ, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 25.