-ग
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬕ (Balinese script)
- -ဂ (Burmese script)
- -ग (Devanagari script)
- -ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌗 (Grantha script)
- -ꦒ (Javanese script)
- -𑂏 (Kaithi script)
- -គ (Khmer script)
- -ຄ (Lao script)
- -ഗ (Malayalam script)
- -ᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
- -𑘐 (Modi script)
- -ᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
- -𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐐 (Newa script)
- -ଗ (Odia script)
- -ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆓 (Sharada script)
- -𑖐 (Siddham script)
- -ග (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩞 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚌 (Takri script)
- -க³ (Tamil script)
- -ค (Thai script)
- -་ག (Tibetan script)
- -𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root गम् (gam, “to go, approach”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐ/
Suffix
-ग • (-ga)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -गः (-gaḥ) | -गौ (-gau) -गा¹ (-gā¹) |
-गाः (-gāḥ) -गासः¹ (-gāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | -गम् (-gam) | -गौ (-gau) -गा¹ (-gā¹) |
-गान् (-gān) |
| instrumental | -गेन (-gena) | -गाभ्याम् (-gābhyām) | -गैः (-gaiḥ) -गेभिः¹ (-gebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | -गाय (-gāya) | -गाभ्याम् (-gābhyām) | -गेभ्यः (-gebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -गात् (-gāt) | -गाभ्याम् (-gābhyām) | -गेभ्यः (-gebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -गस्य (-gasya) | -गयोः (-gayoḥ) | -गानाम् (-gānām) |
| locative | -गे (-ge) | -गयोः (-gayoḥ) | -गेषु (-geṣu) |
| vocative | -ग (-ga) | -गौ (-gau) -गा¹ (-gā¹) |
-गाः (-gāḥ) -गासः¹ (-gāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -गा (-gā) | -गे (-ge) | -गाः (-gāḥ) |
| accusative | -गाम् (-gām) | -गे (-ge) | -गाः (-gāḥ) |
| instrumental | -गया (-gayā) -गा¹ (-gā¹) |
-गाभ्याम् (-gābhyām) | -गाभिः (-gābhiḥ) |
| dative | -गायै (-gāyai) | -गाभ्याम् (-gābhyām) | -गाभ्यः (-gābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -गायाः (-gāyāḥ) -गायै² (-gāyai²) |
-गाभ्याम् (-gābhyām) | -गाभ्यः (-gābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -गायाः (-gāyāḥ) -गायै² (-gāyai²) |
-गयोः (-gayoḥ) | -गानाम् (-gānām) |
| locative | -गायाम् (-gāyām) | -गयोः (-gayoḥ) | -गासु (-gāsu) |
| vocative | -गे (-ge) | -गे (-ge) | -गाः (-gāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -गम् (-gam) | -गे (-ge) | -गानि (-gāni) -गा¹ (-gā¹) |
| accusative | -गम् (-gam) | -गे (-ge) | -गानि (-gāni) -गा¹ (-gā¹) |
| instrumental | -गेन (-gena) | -गाभ्याम् (-gābhyām) | -गैः (-gaiḥ) -गेभिः¹ (-gebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | -गाय (-gāya) | -गाभ्याम् (-gābhyām) | -गेभ्यः (-gebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -गात् (-gāt) | -गाभ्याम् (-gābhyām) | -गेभ्यः (-gebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -गस्य (-gasya) | -गयोः (-gayoḥ) | -गानाम् (-gānām) |
| locative | -गे (-ge) | -गयोः (-gayoḥ) | -गेषु (-geṣu) |
| vocative | -ग (-ga) | -गे (-ge) | -गानि (-gāni) -गा¹ (-gā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “-ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 341, column 2.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ग”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 641