विंचू
Marathi
Etymology
From Old Marathi विंचु (viṃcu), विंचू (viṃcū), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀼 (viccu), from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika). Cognate with Hindi बिच्छू (bicchū), Assamese বিছা (bisa, “hairy caterpillar”).
Declension
| Declension of विंचू (viñcū) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
विंचू viñcū | ||
| direct plural |
विंच viñċ | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | विंचू viñcū |
विंच viñċ | |
| oblique | विंचवा- viñċvā- |
विंचवां- viñċvāN- | |
| dative | विंचवाला viñċvālā |
विंचवांना viñċvāNnā | |
| ergative | विंचवाने viñċvāne |
विंचवांनी viñċvāNni | |
| instrumental | विंचवाशी viñċvāśi |
विंचवांशी viñċvāNśi | |
| locative | विंचवात viñċvāt |
विंचवांत viñċvāNt | |
| vocative | विंचवा viñċvā |
विंचवांनो viñċvāNno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of विंचू | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | विंचवाचा viñċvāċā |
विंचवाचे viñċvāce |
विंचवाची viñċvāci |
विंचवाच्या viñċvāca |
विंचवाचे, विंचवाचं viñċvāce, viñċvāċa |
विंचवाची viñċvāci |
विंचवाच्या viñċvāca | |
| plural subject | विंचवांचा viñċvāNċā |
विंचवांचे viñċvāNce |
विंचवांची viñċvāNci |
विंचवांच्या viñċvāNca |
विंचवांचे, विंचवांचं viñċvāNce, viñċvāNċa |
विंचवांची viñċvāNci |
विंचवांच्या viñċvāNca | |
| * 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
- James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “विंचू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “विंचू”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vŕ̊ścika (12081)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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