विंचू
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Marathi
Etymology
Inherited 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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
विंचू • (vinċu) m
- a scorpion
Declension
| Declension of विंचू (masc ū-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
विंचू viñcū | ||
| direct plural |
विंच viñċ | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
विंचू viñcū |
विंच viñċ | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
विंचवा viñċvā |
विंचवां- viñċvān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
विंचवाला viñċvālā |
विंचवांना viñċvānnā | |
| ergative | विंचवाने, विंचवानं viñċvāne, viñċvāna |
विंचवांनी viñċvānnī | |
| instrumental | विंचवाशी viñċvāśī |
विंचवांशी viñċvānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
विंचवात viñċvāt |
विंचवांत viñċvāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
विंचवा viñċvā |
विंचवांनो viñċvānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of विंचू (masc ū-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
विंचवाचा viñċvāċā |
विंचवाचे viñċvāċe |
विंचवाची viñċvācī |
विंचवाच्या viñċvācā |
विंचवाचे, विंचवाचं viñċvāċe, viñċvāċa |
विंचवाची viñċvācī |
विंचवाच्या viñċvācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
विंचवांचा viñċvānċā |
विंचवांचे viñċvānċe |
विंचवांची viñċvāñcī |
विंचवांच्या viñċvāncā |
विंचवांचे, विंचवांचं viñċvānċe, viñċvānċa |
विंचवांची viñċvāñcī |
विंचवांच्या viñċvāñcā | |
| * 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
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विंचू”, 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.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vŕ̊ścika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press