Karnatakabhashabhushana 5.4

English (machine translation) 5.4

Language: English

5.4.1

At the end of adu, idu, and udu, [there are] v and t in the masculine.

5.4.2

When the masculine gender is intended to be expressed, the phonemes v and t occur at the end of these specific stems adu, idu, and udu when any case inflection follows:

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avaṁ [‘that man’],

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ivaṁ [‘this man’],

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uvaṁ [‘that intermediate man’],

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ātaṁ [‘that man’],

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ītaṁ [‘this man’],

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ūtaṁ [‘that intermediate man’].

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Before [a case inflection] beginning with a vowel, the augment n occurs in the masculine:

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avanaṁ [‘that man (acc.)’],

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ivanaṁ [‘this man (acc.)’],

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uvanaṁ [‘that intermediate man (acc.)’],

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atanaṁ [‘that man (acc.)’],

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ītanaṁ [‘this man (acc.)’],

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ūtanaṁ [‘that intermediate man (acc.)’].

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Thus in all cases.

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Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit