Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8
Tassa vā nattaṃ sabbattha
Optionally, everywhere, [there is] ‘n’ of ‘t’.
- Kaccāyana 175
- Rūpasiddhi 212
- Saddanīti 361
- Nāma-Kappa · Tatiya-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →175. 212. Tassa vā nattaṃ sabbattha (361)
Tassa sabbanāmassa takārassa nattaṃ hoti vā sabbattha liṅgesu.
Nāya, tāya; naṃ (Khu. i, 308), taṃ; ne (DhA. i, 6), te; nesu, tesu; namhi, tamhi; nāhi, tāhi; nābhi, tābhi.
- Nāya = tā + nā (‘t’ of “ta” becomes ‘n’ (§175); ‘nā’ becomes ‘āya’ (§111); ‘ā’ of “nā” is elided (§83)).
- Naṃ = ta + aṃ (‘t’ of “ta” becomes ‘n’ (§175); ‘a’ of ‘na’ is elided (§83)).
- Ne = ta + yo (‘t’ of “ta” becomes ‘n’ (§175); ‘yo’ becomes ‘e’ (§164); ‘a’ of “na” is elided (§83)).
- Nesu = ta + su (‘t’ of “ta” becomes ‘n’ (§175); ‘a’ of “na” becomes ‘e’ (§101)).
- Namhi = ta + smiṃ (‘t’ of “ta” becomes ‘n’ (§175); ‘smiṃ’ becomes ‘mhi’ (§99)).
- Nāhi = tā + hi (‘t’ of “tā” becomes ‘n’ (§175)).
- Nābhi = tā + hi (‘t’ of “tā” becomes ‘n’ (§175); ‘hi’ becomes ‘bhi’ (§99)).
Parallel forms (with §175 applied / not applied):
- Nāya, tāya
- Naṃ, taṃ
- Ne, te
- Nesu, tesu
- Namhi, tamhi
- Nāhi, tāhi
- Nābhi, tābhi
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
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