Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8
Ālapane si gasañño
In the vocative, ‘si’ is named ‘ga’.
- Kaccāyana 57
- Rūpasiddhi 71
- Saddanīti 204
- Nāma-Kappa · Paṭhama-Kaṇḍa
Text and translation
Read in the chapter →57. 71. Ālapane si gasañño (204)
Ālapanatthe si gasañño hoti.
Bhoti ayye (Vin. ii, 280); bhoti kaññe; bhoti Kharādiye (Khu. v, 4).
Ālapane ti kimatthaṃ? Sā ayyā (Vin. ii, 307).
Sī ti kimatthaṃ? Bhotiyo ayyāyo (Vin. ii, 288).
Ga icc anena kvattho? Ghat’ e ca.
- Bhoti ayye = Dear lady!
- Bhoti kaññe = Dear girl!
- Bhoti Kharādiye = Dear Kharādiyā!
What is the purpose of saying “vocative”? [To prevent the operation of this rule in other cases such as] “Sā ayyā” (that lady) –here the case is not vocative but nominative–.
What is the purpose of saying ‘si’? [To prevent the operation of this rule in the example] “Bhotiyo ayyāyo” –here the inflection is ‘yo’, not ‘si’–.
What is the use of the name ‘ga’? [For the use of the name ‘ga’ in suttas such as] “Ghat’ e ca” (§114). After ‘gha’ there is [substitution of ‘ga’] by ‘e’.
Without the footnotes: they are on the chapter card.
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