Arddhmagdhi Grammar

Author(s): P L Vaidya
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VII NOUN DERIVATIVES 93. The feminine base from adjectives and nouns ending in 37 is formed by adding at or to the masculine base. Thus we have दारिया (दारिका), अथा (अजा), एलया (एडका), गोरी (गौरी), भुञ्जमाणी, भुञ्जन्ती, पेच्छन्ती, पञ्चमी, छट्ठी, सत्तमी or सत्तमा, अट्ठमी or अट्ठमा etc.
94. The possessive adjectives in Amg. are formed by adding वन्त or मन्त, आल, आलू, इर, ई, इल्ल, सी (स्विन् ); e. g., धणवन्त, गुणवन्त, पुण्णमन्त, सिरिमन्त; जडाल, रसाल; दयाल, ईसालू ( इर्ष्यालु); वेविर (from वेप to tremble) गविर; धणी, अत्थी; दाहिणिल्ल, पुरथिमिल्ल, बाहिरिल्ल, पढमिल्ल, गामिल्ल, or गामेल्ल (from ग्राम, village); ओयंसी, ( ओजस्विन् ), तेयंसी, (तेजस्विन् ), जसंसी ( यशस्विन् ), मणंसी (मनस्विन् ), नहंसी (नखवान् ).
95. The abstract nouns in Amg. are formed from nouns and adjectives by adding त्त, त्ता, or त्तण, e. g. देवत्त, पुत्तत्त, महुरत्त; देवत्ता, पुत्तत्ता, नेरइयत्ता; आयरियत्तण, तक्करत्तण, महुरत्तण.
96. The स्वार्थे termination क (changed into अ or य or 77), which does not change the original meaning of a word, is often added in Amg. to nouns and adjectives; e.g., हिययअ (हृदय-क), बहुय (बहु-क), हस्थय (हस्त-क), मग्गदअ (मार्गद-क), चक्खुदअ ( चक्षुर्द-क), भत्तघरअ (भक्तगृह-ग), पट्टय (पट्ट-क), मुहुत्ताग (मुहूर्त-क).
97. The comparative and superlative forms in Amg. are formed by adding तर, यर, तराअ, यराग, तराग and तम to the adjectives, e.g., अणिट्टतर, आणिहतराअ, अणिट्टयर, आणट्टतम, कन्तयर, कन्ततर, कन्ततराअ, कन्ततराग, कन्ततम. The comparative and superlative forms in 47 and are borrowed from Sanskrit by effecting the necessary phonetic changes. Thus we have सेयं or छेयं ( श्रेयस् ) सेट, (श्रेष्ठ), जेट (ज्येष्ठ), कायस (कनीयस्) etc. ____98. Other noun derivatives are borrowed from Sanskrit by necessary phonetic changes.