See also: इस्म

Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسم (ism), from Arabic اِسْم (ism), from Proto-Semitic *šim-. Compare Gujarati ઇસમ (isam), Kannada ಇಸಮು (isamu), Hindustani इस्म (ism) / اِسْم (ism).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

इसम (isamm

  1. person (rare)
    Synonyms: व्यक्ती (vyaktī), माणूस (māṇūs), मनुष्य (manuṣya)

Declension edit

Declension of इसम (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
इसम
isam
direct
plural
इसम
isam
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
इसम
isam
इसम
isam
oblique
सामान्यरूप
इसमा
isamā
इसमां-
isamān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
इसमाला
isamālā
इसमांना
isamānnā
ergative इसमाने, इसमानं
isamāne, isamāna
इसमांनी
isamānnī
instrumental इसमाशी
isamāśī
इसमांशी
isamānśī
locative
सप्तमी
इसमात
isamāt
इसमांत
isamāt
vocative
संबोधन
इसमा
isamā
इसमांनो
isamānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of इसम (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
इसमाचा
isamāċā
इसमाचे
isamāċe
इसमाची
isamācī
इसमाच्या
isamācā
इसमाचे, इसमाचं
isamāċe, isamāċa
इसमाची
isamācī
इसमाच्या
isamācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
इसमांचा
isamānċā
इसमांचे
isamānċe
इसमांची
isamāñcī
इसमांच्या
isamāncā
इसमांचे, इसमांचं
isamānċe, isamānċa
इसमांची
isamāñcī
इसमांच्या
isamāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “इसम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “इसम,_इसीम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “इसम,इसीम”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).