අහම්

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See also: अहम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronoun

අහම් (ahám)

  1. I
    • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:
      3 ආක්‍රොශන‍්මාමවොචන‍්මාම ජයන‍්මාමහාපයත්
      අත්‍ර යෙ උපනහ්‍යන‍්තෙ වෛරං තෙෂාං න ශාම්‍යති
      3 Ākrośanmāmavocanmāma jayanmāmahāpayat
      Atra ye upanahyante vairaṃ teṣāṃ na śāmyati.
      They abused me, they reviled me, they defeated me and plundered me.
      Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Declension of අහම්
Nom. sg. අහම් (aham)
Gen. sg. මම (mama)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative අහම් (aham) ආවාම් (āvām) වයම් (vayam)
Vocative
Accusative මාම් (mām) ආවාම් (āvām) අස‍්මාන් (asmān)
Instrumental මයා (mayā) ආවාභ්‍යාම් (āvābhyām) අස‍්මාභිඃ (asmābhiḥ)
Dative මහ්‍යම් (mahyam) ආවාභ්‍යාම් (āvābhyām) අස‍්මභ්‍යම් (asmabhyam)
Ablative මත් (mat) ආවාභ්‍යාම් (āvābhyām) අස‍්මත් (asmat)
Genitive මම (mama) ආවයොඃ (āvayoḥ) අස‍්මාකම් (asmākam)
Locative මයි (mayi) ආවයොඃ (āvayoḥ) අස‍්මාසු (asmāsu)
Poetic Variants
Declension of අහම්
Nom. sg.
Gen. sg. මෙ (me)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative මා () නෞ (nau) නඃ (naḥ)
Instrumental
Dative මෙ (me) නෞ (nau) නඃ (naḥ)
Ablative
Genitive මෙ (me) නෞ (nau) නඃ (naḥ)
Locative

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “අහම්”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 124/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 155