Prakrta Grammar

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani, Shakuntala Jain
Publisher: Apbhramsa Sahitya Academy

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Chapter-4 Taddhita (Word-formation)
The suffixes which are added to Nouns, Pronouns and Adjectives are called Taddhita suffixes. Taddhita suffixes cannot be added to Verbs. Taddhita suffixes are ‘kera', 'eccaya', 'illa', ‘ulla' etc., and the words formed by these suffixes are called Taddhitas... (1) 'kera' suffix: (Hema. 2/147)
The ‘kera' suffix is added to “amha', 'tumha', 'para', and ‘rāya' indicating the relationship; e.g, amha + kera = amhakera (Adj.) .
amhakero putto (my son), . amhakeraṁ vatthaṁ (my cloth), amhakerī puttī (my daughter),
amhakerā puttā (our sons). tumha + kera = tumhakera (Adj.)
tumhakero putto (your son), tumhakeraṁ vattham(your cloth), tumhakerī putti (your daughter),
tumhakerā puttā (your sons). para + kera = parakera or pārakera (Adj.)
parakero putto (son of others) rāya + kera = rāyakera (Adj.)
rāyakero putto (son of the king) ‘kka' and 'ikka'suffixes: (Hema. 2/148,1/144) para + kka = parakka or pārakka (Adj.) (of the others) rāa + ikka = rāikka (Adj.) (of the king)
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