दगड

Marathi
दगड

Alternative forms
  • डगर (ḍagar) – East Indian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘟𑘐𑘚 (dagaḍa), probably borrowed from Middle Kannada ದಕ್ಕಡ (dakkaḍa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̪ə.ɡəɖ/

Noun

दगड • (dagaḍ) m

  1. stone
    Synonyms: धोंडा (dhoṇḍā), शिला (śilā), शिळा (śiḷā)

Usage notes

This word is a member of a class of related words used to express with contempt that an object or a person has no worth. Other words in this class include: दगडमाती (dagaḍmātī), धोंडा (dhoṇḍā), माती (mātī), शेण (śeṇ), झ्याट (jhyāṭ), कपाळ (kapāḷ).

त्याला काय येतं…दगड!
tyālā kāy yetam…dagaḍ!
He can't do anything!
(literally, “What comes to him …stone!”)

Declension
Declension of दगड (dagaḍ)
direct
singular		 दगड
dagaḍ
direct
plural		 दगड
dagaḍ
singular plural
nominative दगड
dagaḍ		 दगड
dagaḍ
oblique दगडा-
dagaḍā-		 दगडां-
dagaḍāN-
dative दगडाला
dagaḍālā		 दगडांना
dagaḍāNnā
ergative दगडाने
dagaḍāne		 दगडांनी
dagaḍāNni
instrumental दगडाशी
dagaḍāśi		 दगडांशी
dagaḍāNśi
locative दगडात
dagaḍāt		 दगडांत
dagaḍāNt
vocative दगडा
dagaḍā		 दगडांनो
dagaḍāNno
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 दगड
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject दगडाचा
dagaḍāċā		 दगडाचे
dagaḍāce		 दगडाची
dagaḍāci		 दगडाच्या
dagaḍāca		 दगडाचे, दगडाचं
dagaḍāce, dagaḍāċa		 दगडाची
dagaḍāci		 दगडाच्या
dagaḍāca
plural subject दगडांचा
dagaḍāNċā		 दगडांचे
dagaḍāNce		 दगडांची
dagaḍāNci		 दगडांच्या
dagaḍāNca		 दगडांचे, दगडांचं
dagaḍāNce, dagaḍāNċa		 दगडांची
dagaḍāNci		 दगडांच्या
dagaḍāNca
* 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
  • दगडी (dagḍī, “something made of stone”) (adjective)

Descendants
  • → Gujarati: દગડ (dagaḍ)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “दगड”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “दगड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “दगड”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
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