माती
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi माती (mātī), from Sanskrit मृत्तिका (mṛttikā). Compare Gujarati માટી (māṭī), Hindi माटी (māṭī).
Noun
माती • (mātī) f
- soil, earth
Declension
| Declension of माती (mātī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | माती mātī | ||
| direct plural | मात्या mātyā | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | माती mātī | मात्या mātyā | |
| oblique | माती- māti- | मात्यां- mātyāN- | |
| dative | मातीला mātilā | मात्यांना mātyāNnā | |
| ergative | मातीने mātine | मात्यांनी mātyāNni | |
| instrumental | मातीशी mātiśi | मात्यांशी mātyāNśi | |
| locative | मातीत mātit | मात्यांत mātyāNt | |
| vocative | माती māti | मात्यांनो mātyāNno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of माती | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | मातीचा mātiċā | मातीचे mātice | मातीची mātici | मातीच्या mātica | मातीचे, मातीचं mātice, mātiċa | मातीची mātici | मातीच्या mātica | |
| plural subject | मात्यांचा mātyāNċā | मात्यांचे mātyāNce | मात्यांची mātyāNci | मात्यांच्या mātyāNca | मात्यांचे, मात्यांचं mātyāNce, mātyāNċa | मात्यांची mātyāNci | मात्यांच्या mātyāNca | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “माती”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “माती”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mŕ̊ttikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press