श्लेष्मा

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्लेष्मा (śleṣmā́). Doublet of लेस (les).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃleːʂ.mɑː/,

Noun

श्लेष्मा • (śleṣmā) f or m (literary)

  1. mucus, phlegm
    Synonyms: कफ (kaph), बलग़म (balġam)

Declension

Declension of श्लेष्मा (fem ā-stem // masc unmarked ā-stem)
singular plural
direct श्लेष्मा
śleṣmā 		श्लेष्माएँ, श्लेष्मा
śleṣmāẽ, śleṣmā
oblique श्लेष्मा
śleṣmā 		श्लेष्माओं
śleṣmāõ
vocative श्लेष्मा
śleṣmā 		श्लेष्माओ
śleṣmāo

References

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi श्लेष्मा (śleṣmā), from Sanskrit श्लेष्मा (śleṣmā́). Doublet of शेंबूड (śembūḍ).

Pronunciation

Noun

श्लेष्मा • (śleṣmā) m

  1. mucus, phlegm
    Synonym: कफ (kaph)
  2. (dated) a cold
    Synonym: सर्दी (sardī)

Declension

Declension of श्लेष्मा (masc ā-stem)
direct
singular 		श्लेष्मा
ślēṣmā
direct
plural 		श्लेष्मे
ślēṣme
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा 		श्लेष्मा
ślēṣmā 		श्लेष्मे
ślēṣme
oblique
सामान्यरूप 		श्लेष्म्या
ślēṣmyā 		श्लेष्म्यां-
ślēṣmyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी 		श्लेष्म्याला
ślēṣmyālā 		श्लेष्म्यांना
ślēṣmyānnā
ergative श्लेष्म्याने, श्लेष्म्यानं
ślēṣmyāne, ślēṣmyāna 		श्लेष्म्यांनी
ślēṣmyānnī
instrumental श्लेष्म्याशी
ślēṣmyāśī 		श्लेष्म्यांशी
ślēṣmyānśī
locative
सप्तमी 		श्लेष्म्यात
ślēṣmyāt 		श्लेष्म्यांत
ślēṣmyāt
vocative
संबोधन 		श्लेष्म्या
ślēṣmyā 		श्लेष्म्यांनो
ślēṣmyānno
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 श्लेष्मा (masc ā-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
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता 		श्लेष्म्याचा
ślēṣmyāċā 		श्लेष्म्याचे
ślēṣmyāċe 		श्लेष्म्याची
ślēṣmyācī 		श्लेष्म्याच्या
ślēṣmyācā 		श्लेष्म्याचे, श्लेष्म्याचं
ślēṣmyāċe, ślēṣmyāċa 		श्लेष्म्याची
ślēṣmyācī 		श्लेष्म्याच्या
ślēṣmyācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता 		श्लेष्म्यांचा
ślēṣmyānċā 		श्लेष्म्यांचे
ślēṣmyānċe 		श्लेष्म्यांची
ślēṣmyāñcī 		श्लेष्म्यांच्या
ślēṣmyāncā 		श्लेष्म्यांचे, श्लेष्म्यांचं
ślēṣmyānċe, ślēṣmyānċa 		श्लेष्म्यांची
ślēṣmyāñcī 		श्लेष्म्यांच्या
ślēṣmyāñcā
* 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

  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “श्लेष्मा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Noun

श्लेष्मा • (śleṣmā́) m

  1. nominative singular of श्लेष्मन् (śleṣmán)
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