माशी
See also: मावशी and मासा
Marathi
Etymology
From Sanskrit मशक (maśaka, “fly, gnat”). Cognate with Hindi मक्खी (makkhī, “housefly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ɕi/, [ma.ɕiː]
Noun
माशी • (māśī) f
- a housefly
Declension
| Declension of माशी (māśī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | माशी māśī | ||
| direct plural | माश्या māśyā | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | माशी māśī | माश्या māśyā | |
| oblique | माशी- māśi- | माश्यां- māśyāN- | |
| dative | माशीला māśilā | माश्यांना māśyāNnā | |
| ergative | माशीने māśine | माश्यांनी māśyāNni | |
| instrumental | माशीशी māśiśi | माश्यांशी māśyāNśi | |
| locative | माशीत māśit | माश्यांत māśyāNt | |
| vocative | माशी māśi | माश्यांनो māśyāNno | |
| 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 माशी | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | माशीचा māśiċā | माशीचे māśice | माशीची māśici | माशीच्या māśica | माशीचे, माशीचं māśice, māśiċa | माशीची māśici | माशीच्या māśica | |
| plural subject | माश्यांचा māśyāNċā | माश्यांचे māśyāNce | माश्यांची māśyāNci | माश्यांच्या māśyāNca | माश्यांचे, माश्यांचं māśyāNce, māśyāNċa | माश्यांची māśyāNci | माश्यांच्या māśyāNca | |
| * 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. | ||||||||