𑀲𑀻𑀳
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
𑀲𑀻𑀳 m
- Brahmi script form of sīha (“lion”)
Declension
Declension table of "𑀲𑀻𑀳" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁄 (sīho) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) |
| Accusative (second) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀁 (sīhaṃ) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe) |
| Instrumental (third) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀦 (sīhena) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sīhehi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀪𑀺 (sīhebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sīhassa) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀬 (sīhāya) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 (sīhatthaṃ) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀁 (sīhānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (sīhasmā) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (sīhamhā) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sīhehi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀪𑀺 (sīhebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sīhassa) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀁 (sīhānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀁 (sīhasmiṃ) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (sīhamhi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (sīhesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) |
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖 (siṃgha)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”). Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳 (śiṃha), Pali sīha.
Noun
𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha) m (Devanagari सीह, Gujarati સીહ, Kannada ಸೀಹ) (attested in Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁄 (sīho) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) |
| Accusative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀁 (sīhaṃ) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) |
| Instrumental | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀡 (sīheṇa) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀡𑀁 (sīheṇaṃ) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sīhehi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (sīhehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀅 (sīhāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀑 (sīhāo) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀉 (sīhāu) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (sīhāhi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (sīhāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sīhassa) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀡 (sīhāṇa) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (sīhāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (sīhammi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (sīhesu) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sīhesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) |
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “siṁhá”, 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 Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 25.