Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8
§189
Sy ā ca
And ‘si’ [becomes] ‘ā’.
- Kaccāyana 189
- Rūpasiddhi 113
- Saddanīti 390-1
- Nāma-Kappa · Tatiya-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →189. 113. Sy ā ca (390-1)
[Si + ā + ca = 3 words]
Brahma atta sakha rāja icc evamādito sivacanassa ā ca hoti.
Brahmā, attā, sakhā, rājā, ātumā.
And ‘si’ [becomes] ‘ā’.
And after “brahma”, “atta”, “sakha”, “rāja”, etc., the inflection ‘si’ becomes ‘ā’.
Examples
- Brahmā = brahma + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘ā’ (§189); ‘a’ of “brahma” is elided (§83)).
- Attā = atta + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘ā’ (§189); ‘a’ of “atta” is elided (§83)).
- Sakhā = sakha + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘ā’ (§189); ‘a’ of “sakha” is elided (§83)).
- Rājā = rāja + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘ā’ (§189); ‘a’ of “rāja” is elided (§83)).
- Ātumā = ātuma + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘ā’ (§189); ‘a’ of “ātuma” is elided (§83)).
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
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