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Pali
Noun
නාවා f
- Sinhala script form of nāvā (“boat”)
2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I), page 336:තස්ස එවමස්ස: “අයං ඛො මහා උදකණ්ණවො ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ්කං සප්පටිභයං. පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප්පටිභයං. නත්ථි ච නාවා සන්තාරණී උත්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය.- Tassa evamassa: "ayaṃ kho mahā udakaṇṇavo orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ. Pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ. Natthi ca nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya.
- Therefore things are thus: So, there's this large deluge, a dubious and perilous near shore, a safe far shore free of peril; and there is neither a ferry boat or a bridge to go from the near shore to the far shore.
Declension
Declension table of "නාවා" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | නාවා (nāvā) | නාවායො (nāvāyo) or නාවා (nāvā) |
| Accusative (second) | නාවං (nāvaṃ) | නාවායො (nāvāyo) or නාවා (nāvā) |
| Instrumental (third) | නාවාය (nāvāya) | නාවාහි (nāvāhi) or නාවාභි (nāvābhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | නාවාය (nāvāya) | නාවානං (nāvānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | නාවාය (nāvāya) | නාවාහි (nāvāhi) or නාවාභි (nāvābhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | නාවාය (nāvāya) | නාවානං (nāvānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | නාවාය (nāvāya) or නාවායං (nāvāyaṃ) | නාවාසු (nāvāsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | නාවෙ (nāve) | නාවායො (nāvāyo) or නාවා (nāvā) |