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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Instrumental of an earlier verbal noun on -तु (-tu) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tus), whence also the infinitival suffix -तुम् (-tum).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-त्वा • (-tvā́)
- conjunctive suffix for verbs, also called 'gerund' or 'absolutive'
- कृ (kṛ, “do”) + -त्वा (-tvā) → कृत्वा (kṛtvā, “having done”)
- वच् (vac, “say”) + -त्वा (-tvā) → उक्त्वा (uktvā, “having said”)
- त्यज् (tyaj, “abandon”) + -त्वा (-tvā) → त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā, “having abandoned”)
Usage notes
This suffix is called the क्त्वा (ktvā) suffix in Sanskrit.