Sylheti edit

 
ꠢꠣꠙ

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa). Cognate with Assamese সাপ (xap), Chakma 𑄥𑄛𑄴 (sāp), Rohingya háf, Bengali সাপ (śap).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ꠢꠣꠙ (haf)

  1. snake

Declension edit

Inflection of ꠢꠣꠙ (haf)
indefinite forms
nominative ꠢꠣꠙ (haf)
objective ꠢꠣꠙ / ꠢꠣꠙꠞꠦ
(haf (semantically general or indefinite) / hafre (semantically definite))
genitive ꠢꠣꠙꠞ (hafor)
locative ꠢꠣꠙꠧ (hafo)
ergative ꠢꠣꠙꠦ (hafe)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥ (hafogu) ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘ (hafoguin)
objective ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥ / ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠞꠦ (hafogu / hafogure) ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (hafoguin / hafoguinre)
genitive ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠞ (hafogur) ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (hafoguinor)
locative ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠔ (hafogut) ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (hafoguino)
ergative ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠄ (hafogue) ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (hafoguine)