Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8
Ṇava-ṇika-ṇeyya-ṇa-ntūhi
After ‘ṇava’, ‘ṇika’, ‘ṇeyya’, ‘ṇa’ and ‘ntu’.
- Kaccāyana 239
- Rūpasiddhi 190
- Saddanīti 468
- Nāma-Kappa · Catuttha-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →239. 190. Ṇava-ṇika-ṇeyya-ṇa-ntūhi (468)
Ṇava ṇika ṇeyya ṇa ntu icc etehi itthiyaṃ vattamānehi ī-paccayo hoti.
Māṇavī, paṇḍavī, nāvikī, venateyyī, kunteyyī, gotamī, guṇavatī, sāmāvatī.
- Māṇavī = māṇava + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “māṇava” (§239); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Paṇḍavī = paṇḍava + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “paṇḍava” (§239); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Nāvikī = nāvika + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “nāvika” (§239); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Venateyyī = venateyya + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “venateyya” (§239); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Kunteyyī = kunteyya + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “kunteyya” (§239); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Gotamī = gotama + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “gotama” (§239); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Guṇavatī = guṇavantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “guṇavantu” (§239); ‘ntu’ is substituted by ‘ta’ (§241); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
- Sāmāvatī = sāmāvantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “sāmāvantu” (§239); ‘ntu’ is substituted by ‘ta’ (§241); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
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