๐ฎ๐
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ธ (layฤ) โ hiatus-filler, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ธ (ladฤ) โ ลaurasenฤซ
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit เคฒเคคเคพ (latฤ). Related to ๐ฎ๐๐ (laรฏฤ). Cognate with Gandhari ๐จซ๐จก (lada), Niya Prakrit ๐จซ๐จก (lada), Pali latฤ.
Noun
๐ฎ๐ (laฤ) f (Devanagari เคฒเค, Kannada เฒฒเฒ) (attested in Mฤhฤrฤแนฃแนญrฤซ)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of ๐ฎ๐ (feminine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | ๐ฎ๐ (laฤ) | ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤo) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤu) or ๐ฎ๐ (laฤ) |
| Accusative | ๐ฎ๐ ๐ (laaแน) | ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤo) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤu) or ๐ฎ๐ (laฤ) |
| Instrumental | ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤe) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤi) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤa) | ๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐บ (laฤhi) or ๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐บ๐ (laฤhiแน) |
| Dative | โ | โ |
| Ablative | ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤo) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤu) | ๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐บ๐๐ข๐ (laฤhiแนto) |
| Genitive | ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤe) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤi) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤa) | ๐ฎ๐๐ก (laฤแนa) or ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐ (laฤแนaแน) |
| Locative | ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤe) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤi) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤa) | ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ผ (laฤsu) or ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ (laฤsuแน) |
| Vocative | ๐ฎ๐ (lae) or ๐ฎ๐ (laฤ) | ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤo) or ๐ฎ๐๐ (laฤu) or ๐ฎ๐ (laฤ) |
References
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakritโ, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 13.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985) โlaฤโ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 633