विंचू
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi विंचु (viṃcu), विंचू (viṃcū), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀼 (viccu), from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika). Cognate with Hindi बिच्छू (bicchū), Assamese বিছা (bisa, “hairy caterpillar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋin.t͡su/, [ʋin.t͡suː]
Noun
विंचू • (vinċu) m
- a scorpion
Declension
| Declension of विंचू (viñcū) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | विंचू viñcū | ||
| direct plural | विंच viñċ | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | विंचू viñcū | विंच viñċ | |
| oblique | विंचवा- viñċvā- | विंचवां- viñċvāN- | |
| dative | विंचवाला viñċvālā | विंचवांना viñċvāNnā | |
| ergative | विंचवाने viñċvāne | विंचवांनी viñċvāNni | |
| instrumental | विंचवाशी viñċvāśi | विंचवांशी viñċvāNśi | |
| locative | विंचवात viñċvāt | विंचवांत viñċvāNt | |
| vocative | विंचवा viñċvā | विंचवांनो viñċvāNno | |
| 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 विंचू | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | विंचवाचा viñċvāċā | विंचवाचे viñċvāce | विंचवाची viñċvāci | विंचवाच्या viñċvāca | विंचवाचे, विंचवाचं viñċvāce, viñċvāċa | विंचवाची viñċvāci | विंचवाच्या viñċvāca | |
| plural subject | विंचवांचा viñċvāNċā | विंचवांचे viñċvāNce | विंचवांची viñċvāNci | विंचवांच्या viñċvāNca | विंचवांचे, विंचवांचं viñċvāNce, viñċvāNċa | विंचवांची viñċvāNci | विंचवांच्या viñċvāNca | |
| * 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
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “विंचू”, 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), “vŕ̊ścika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press