Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8
§219
Si ’ṃ
‘Si’ [becomes] ‘aṃ’.
- Kaccāyana 219
- Rūpasiddhi 195
- Saddanīti 446
- Nāma-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →219. 195. Si ’ṃ (446)
[Si + aṃ = 2 words]
Akārantehi napuṃsakaliṅgehi sivacanassa aṃ hoti niccaṃ.
Sabbaṃ, yaṃ, taṃ, kaṃ, rūpaṃ.
‘Si’ [becomes] ‘aṃ’.
After the neuter bases ending in ‘a’, the inflection ‘si’ always becomes ‘aṃ’.
Examples
- Sabbaṃ = sabba + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘aṃ’ (§219); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Yaṃ = ya + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘aṃ’ (§219); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Taṃ = ta + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘aṃ’ (§219); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Kaṃ = ka + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘aṃ’ (§219); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Rūpaṃ = rūpa + si (‘si’ is substituted by ‘aṃ’ (§219); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
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