Inherited from Sanskrit শৃগাল (sṛgālá, “jackal”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠤꠀꠟ (hial).
শিয়াল • (xial)
Declension of শিয়াল | |
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nominative | শিয়াল / শিয়ালে xial / xiale |
genitive | শিয়ালৰ xialor |
nominative | শিয়াল / শিয়ালে xial / xiale |
accusative | শিয়াল / শিয়ালক xial / xialok |
dative | শিয়াললৈ xialoloi |
terminative | শিয়াললৈকে xialoloike |
instrumental | শিয়ালে / শিয়ালেৰে xiale / xialere |
genitive | শিয়ালৰ xialor |
locative | শিয়ালত xialot |
Notes | |
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural. Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc. Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive. Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too. Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common. Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese. Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week. |
Inherited from Sanskrit শৃগাল (śṛgāla), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥gālás, a suffixed derivative from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš (“predatory animal”). Cognate with Persian شیر (šêr, “lion”), whence also শের (śer).
শিয়াল • (śiẏal)
Inflection of শিয়াল | |||
nominative | শিয়াল śiẏal | ||
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objective | শিয়ালকে śiẏal (semantically general or indefinite) / śiẏalke (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | শিয়ালের śiẏaler | ||
Indefinite forms | |||
nominative | শিয়াল śiẏal | ||
objective | শিয়ালকে śiẏal (semantically general or indefinite) / śiẏalke (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | শিয়ালের śiẏaler | ||
Definite forms | |||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | শিয়ালটা, শিয়ালটি śiẏalṭa (colloquial), śiẏalṭi (formal) |
শিয়ালেরা śiẏalera | |
objective | শিয়ালটাকে, শিয়ালটিকে śiẏalṭake (colloquial), śiẏalṭike (formal) |
শিয়ালদের(কে) śiẏalder(ke) | |
genitive | শিয়ালটার, শিয়ালটির śiẏalṭar (colloquial), śiẏalṭir (formal) |
শিয়ালদের śiẏalder | |
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). |