अयम्

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ayám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ayám, from Proto-Indo-European *éy. Compare the feminine and neuter forms इयम् f (iyám) and इदम् n (idám).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.jɐ́m/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.jɐm/

Pronoun

अयम् • (ayám) m

this, this one
- c. 200–500 CE, Matsya Purāṇa, chapter 78
  अनेन विधिना शुक्लसप्तम्यां मासि मासि च।
  सर्वं समाचरेद्भक्त्या वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः॥
  anena vidhinā śuklasaptamyāṃ māsi māsi ca.
  sarvaṃ samācaredbhaktyā vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ.
  With this act, in the Śukla saptamī of each month, with full devotion, the act of cheating should be shunned by each and every one.

Declension

Declension of अयम्
Nom. sg.	अयम् (ayam)
Gen. sg.	अस्य (asya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अयम् (ayam)	इमौ (imau)	इमे (ime)
Vocative	—	—	—
Accusative	इमम् (imam)	इमौ (imau)	इमान् (imān)
Instrumental	अनेन (anena)	आभ्याम् (ābhyām)	एभिः (ebhiḥ)
Dative	अस्मै (asmai)	आभ्याम् (ābhyām)	एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ)
Ablative	अस्मात् (asmāt)	आभ्याम् (ābhyām)	एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ)
Genitive	अस्य (asya)	अनयोः (anayoḥ)	एषाम् (eṣām)
Locative	अस्मिन् (asmin)	अनयोः (anayoḥ)	एषु (eṣu)

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