-एय
Hindi
Suffix
-एय • (-eya)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬏᬬ (Balinese script)
- -ဧယ (Burmese script)
- -एय (Devanagari script)
- -ਏਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌏𑌯 (Grantha script)
- -ꦌꦪ (Javanese script)
- -𑂉𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- -ឯយ (Khmer script)
- -ເອຍ (Lao script)
- -ഏയ (Malayalam script)
- -ᡝᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- -𑘊𑘧 (Modi script)
- -ᠧᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- -𑦪𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐊𑐫 (Newa script)
- -ଏଯ (Odia script)
- -ꢍꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆍𑆪 (Sharada script)
- -𑖊𑖧 (Siddham script)
- -එය (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩐𑩔𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚆𑚣 (Takri script)
- -ஏய (Tamil script)
- -เอย (Thai script)
- -ཨེ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- -𑨀𑨄𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Has been compared with Ancient Greek -αῖος (-aîos). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐj.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /eː.jɐ/
Suffix
-एय • (-eya)
- forms adjectives from nouns, often with patronymic/matronymic value
Usage notes
The first syllable gets vṛddhi-strengthening. The accent usually falls on the final syllable in adjectives of descent, and on the first one in others.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -एयः (-eyaḥ) | -एयौ (-eyau) -एया¹ (-eyā¹) |
-एयाः (-eyāḥ) -एयासः¹ (-eyāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | -एयम् (-eyam) | -एयौ (-eyau) -एया¹ (-eyā¹) |
-एयान् (-eyān) |
| instrumental | -एयेन (-eyena) | -एयाभ्याम् (-eyābhyām) | -एयैः (-eyaiḥ) -एयेभिः¹ (-eyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | -एयाय (-eyāya) | -एयाभ्याम् (-eyābhyām) | -एयेभ्यः (-eyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -एयात् (-eyāt) | -एयाभ्याम् (-eyābhyām) | -एयेभ्यः (-eyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -एयस्य (-eyasya) | -एययोः (-eyayoḥ) | -एयानाम् (-eyānām) |
| locative | -एये (-eye) | -एययोः (-eyayoḥ) | -एयेषु (-eyeṣu) |
| vocative | -एय (-eya) | -एयौ (-eyau) -एया¹ (-eyā¹) |
-एयाः (-eyāḥ) -एयासः¹ (-eyāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -एया (-eyā) | -एये (-eye) | -एयाः (-eyāḥ) |
| accusative | -एयाम् (-eyām) | -एये (-eye) | -एयाः (-eyāḥ) |
| instrumental | -एयया (-eyayā) -एया¹ (-eyā¹) |
-एयाभ्याम् (-eyābhyām) | -एयाभिः (-eyābhiḥ) |
| dative | -एयायै (-eyāyai) | -एयाभ्याम् (-eyābhyām) | -एयाभ्यः (-eyābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -एयायाः (-eyāyāḥ) -एयायै² (-eyāyai²) |
-एयाभ्याम् (-eyābhyām) | -एयाभ्यः (-eyābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -एयायाः (-eyāyāḥ) -एयायै² (-eyāyai²) |
-एययोः (-eyayoḥ) | -एयानाम् (-eyānām) |
| locative | -एयायाम् (-eyāyām) | -एययोः (-eyayoḥ) | -एयासु (-eyāsu) |
| vocative | -एये (-eye) | -एये (-eye) | -एयाः (-eyāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -एयम् (-eyam) | -एये (-eye) | -एयानि (-eyāni) -एया¹ (-eyā¹) |
| accusative | -एयम् (-eyam) | -एये (-eye) | -एयानि (-eyāni) -एया¹ (-eyā¹) |
| instrumental | -एयेन (-eyena) | -एयाभ्याम् (-eyābhyām) | -एयैः (-eyaiḥ) -एयेभिः¹ (-eyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | -एयाय (-eyāya) | -एयाभ्याम् (-eyābhyām) | -एयेभ्यः (-eyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -एयात् (-eyāt) | -एयाभ्याम् (-eyābhyām) | -एयेभ्यः (-eyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -एयस्य (-eyasya) | -एययोः (-eyayoḥ) | -एयानाम् (-eyānām) |
| locative | -एये (-eye) | -एययोः (-eyayoḥ) | -एयेषु (-eyeṣu) |
| vocative | -एय (-eya) | -एये (-eye) | -एयानि (-eyāni) -एया¹ (-eyā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms suffixed with -एय
References
- William Dwight Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar[1], § 1216, page 465
- Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964), Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 340-1, pages 505-11