मध
Marathi
एक मधाची बरणी
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu) with the deletion of the final vowel[1], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, wine”). Compare Old Marathi 𑘦𑘟𑘳 (madu), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu), Gujarati મધ (madh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məd̪ʱ/
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Declension
| Declension of मध (madh) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मध madh | ||
| direct plural |
मध madh | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | मध madh |
मध madh | |
| oblique | मधा- madhā- |
मधां- madhāN- | |
| dative | मधाला madhālā |
मधांना madhāNnā | |
| ergative | मधाने madhāne |
मधांनी madhāNni | |
| instrumental | मधाशी madhāśi |
मधांशी madhāNśi | |
| locative | मधात madhāt |
मधांत madhāNt | |
| vocative | मधा madhā |
मधांनो madhāNno | |
| 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 मध | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | मधाचा madhāċā |
मधाचे madhāce |
मधाची madhāci |
मधाच्या madhāca |
मधाचे, मधाचं madhāce, madhāċa |
मधाची madhāci |
मधाच्या madhāca | |
| plural subject | मधांचा madhāNċā |
मधांचे madhāNce |
मधांची madhāNci |
मधांच्या madhāNca |
मधांचे, मधांचं madhāNce, madhāNċa |
मधांची madhāNci |
मधांच्या madhāNca | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- मधमाशी (madhmāśī, “honey bee”)
- मधाळ (madhāḷ, “very sweet”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मध”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मध”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
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