Derived from weak forms of a compound such as Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “start”) + Sanskrit अहन् (ahan, “day”), with regular vowel shortening and metathesis of -nh- in oblique forms, with a change of gender.
pubbaṇha m
The term is part of a three-fold division of the day into pubbaṇha, majjhaṇha and sāyaṇha.
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | pubbaṇho | pubbaṇhā |
| Accusative (second) | pubbaṇhaṃ | pubbaṇhe |
| Instrumental (third) | pubbaṇhena | pubbaṇhehi or pubbaṇhebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | pubbaṇhassa or pubbaṇhāya or pubbaṇhatthaṃ | pubbaṇhānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | pubbaṇhasmā or pubbaṇhamhā or pubbaṇhā | pubbaṇhehi or pubbaṇhebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | pubbaṇhassa | pubbaṇhānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | pubbaṇhasmiṃ or pubbaṇhamhi or pubbaṇhe | pubbaṇhesu |
| Vocative (calling) | pubbaṇha | pubbaṇhā |