එක

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එක (eka)

  1. Sinhala script form of eka (“one”)
    • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎, page 2:
      එකං සමයං භගවා අන‍්තරා ච රාජගහං අන‍්තරා ච නාළන්‍දං අද‍්ධානමග‍්ගප‍්පටිපන‍්නො හොති මහතා භික‍්ඛුසඞ‍්ඝෙන සද‍්ධිං පඤ‍්චමත‍්තෙහි භික‍්ඛුසතෙහි.
      ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā antarā ca rājagahaṃ antarā ca nāḷandaṃ addhānamaggappaṭipanno hoti mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi.
      The Blessed One was once going along the high road between Rājaɡaha and Nālandā with a ɡreat company of the brethren, with about five hundred brethren.

Declension

Declension table of "එක" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)එකො (eko)එකෙ (eke)
Accusative (second)එකං (ekaṃ)එකෙ (eke)
Instrumental (third)එකෙන (ekena)එකෙහි (ekehi) or එකෙභි (ekebhi)
Dative (fourth)එකස‍්ස (ekassa)එකෙසං (ekesaṃ) or එකෙසානං (ekesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)එකස‍්මා (ekasmā) or එකම‍්හා (ekamhā)එකෙහි (ekehi) or එකෙභි (ekebhi)
Genitive (sixth)එකස‍්ස (ekassa)එකෙසං (ekesaṃ) or එකෙසානං (ekesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)එකස‍්මිං (ekasmiṃ) or එකම‍්හි (ekamhi)එකෙසු (ekesu)
Vocative (calling)එක (eka)එකෙ (eke)
Declension table of "එකා" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)එකා (ekā)එකායො (ekāyo) or එකා (ekā)
Accusative (second)එකං (ekaṃ)එකායො (ekāyo) or එකා (ekā)
Instrumental (third)එකාය (ekāya)එකාහි (ekāhi) or එකාභි (ekābhi)
Dative (fourth)එකිස‍්සා (ekissā) or එකිස‍්සාය (ekissāya)එකාසං (ekāsaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)එකාය (ekāya)එකාහි (ekāhi) or එකාභි (ekābhi)
Genitive (sixth)එකිස‍්සා (ekissā) or එකිස‍්සාය (ekissāya)එකාසං (ekāsaṃ)
Locative (seventh)එකාය (ekāya) or එකායං (ekāyaṃ) or එකිස‍්සං (ekissaṃ)එකාසු (ekāsu)
Vocative (calling)එකෙ (eke)එකායො (ekāyo) or එකා (ekā)
Declension table of "එක" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)එකං (ekaṃ)එකානි (ekāni)
Accusative (second)එකං (ekaṃ)එකානි (ekāni)
Instrumental (third)එකෙන (ekena)එකෙහි (ekehi) or එකෙභි (ekebhi)
Dative (fourth)එකස‍්ස (ekassa)එකෙසං (ekesaṃ) or එකෙසානං (ekesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)එකස‍්මා (ekasmā) or එකම‍්හා (ekamhā)එකෙහි (ekehi) or එකෙභි (ekebhi)
Genitive (sixth)එකස‍්ස (ekassa)එකෙසං (ekesaṃ) or එකෙසානං (ekesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)එකස‍්මිං (ekasmiṃ) or එකම‍්හි (ekamhi)එකෙසු (ekesu)
Vocative (calling)එක (eka)එකානි (ekāni)

Sanskrit

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Sinhalese

Sinhalese numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 ᷧ
1 		2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: එක (eka)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas.

Numeral

එක • (eka)

  1. one
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