-अ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬅ (Balinese script)
- -অ (Assamese script)
- -অ (Bengali script)
- -𑰀 (Bhaiksuki script)
- -𑀅 (Brahmi script)
- -𑌅 (Grantha script)
- -અ (Gujarati script)
- -ਅ (Gurmukhi script)
- -ꦄ (Javanese script)
- -អ (Khmer script)
- -ಅ (Kannada script)
- -ອ (Lao script)
- -അ (Malayalam script)
- -𑘀 (Modi script)
- ᠊ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠊ᠠ (Manchu script)
- -အ (Burmese script)
- -𑦠 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐀 (Newa script)
- -ଅ (Oriya script)
- -ꢂ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆃 (Sharada script)
- -𑖀 (Siddham script)
- -අ (Sinhalese script)
- -అ (Telugu script)
- -อ (Thai script)
- -ཨ (Tibetan script)
- -𑒁 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-os. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ος (-os) and Latin -us.
Suffix
-अ • (-a)
- creates action nouns from roots
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of -अ (-a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | -अः -aḥ | -औ -au | -आः / -आसः¹ -āḥ / -āsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | -अ -a | -औ -au | -आः / -आसः¹ -āḥ / -āsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | -अम् -am | -औ -au | -आन् -ān |
| Instrumental | -एन -ena | -आभ्याम् -ābhyām | -ऐः / -एभिः¹ -aiḥ / -ebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | -आय -āya | -आभ्याम् -ābhyām | -एभ्यः -ebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | -आत् -āt | -आभ्याम् -ābhyām | -एभ्यः -ebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | -अस्य -asya | -अयोः -ayoḥ | -आनाम् -ānām |
| Locative | -ए -e | -अयोः -ayoḥ | -एषु -eṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अ