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Lesson 78 Retainer of Innate Meaning Suffixes (Svarthika Suffixes)
No Change in the innate Meaning of Nouns occurs despite the addition of Svarthika suffixes, after the addition declension takes place.
Svarthika Suffixes :- a, ada, ulla
One or two or sometime all the three together are added to the Nouns. In this way these become seven Svarthika suffixes :- (1) a (2) ada (3) ulla (4) adaa (5) ullaa (6) ullaada and (7) ullaadaa. After adding Svarthika (Retainer of Innate Meaning) suffixes Case suffixes are added and required declension takes place.
Jiva+ada = Jivada
Jiva
- Life Bhāva+adaa = Bhavadaa = Bhāva = Feeling Appa+a
= Appaa = Atmā - Soul Bahubala+ulla+ada+a = Bahubalulladaa - Strength of arm Vella+ada vellada-velladi = Veladi (In the Feminine 'i' suffix is
added.]
[Creeping plant or Vine.] Kudi+ulla = Kudulla-Kudulli = Hut (In the Feminine 'i' suffix is
added)
Note - Apart from the above Svārthika suffixes ‘iya', 'kka', 'es', 'u', 'illa'
etc. suffixes are also known as Svarthika. (1) Puņa-Puņu In these example, Svarthika suffixes are added to
Vina-Vinu the Indeclinable (2) Padhama+illa = Padhamilla In these examples required Guru+kka = Gurukka etc. declension takes place after
adding the Svārthika suffixes.
Apabhramsa Grammar and Composition
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