-अ
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- -অ (Assamese script)
- -ᬅ (Balinese script)
- -অ (Bengali script)
- -𑰀 (Bhaiksuki script)
- -𑀅 (Brahmi script)
- -အ (Burmese script)
- -અ (Gujarati script)
- -ਅ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌅 (Grantha script)
- -ꦄ (Javanese script)
- -𑂃 (Kaithi script)
- -ಅ (Kannada script)
- -អ (Khmer script)
- -ອ (Lao script)
- -അ (Malayalam script)
- ᠊ᠠ (Manchu script)
- -𑘀 (Modi script)
- ᠊ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- -𑦠 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐀 (Newa script)
- -ଅ (Odia script)
- -ꢂ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆃 (Sharada script)
- -𑖀 (Siddham script)
- -අ (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩐 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚀 (Takri script)
- -அ (Tamil script)
- -అ (Telugu script)
- -อ (Thai script)
- -ཨ (Tibetan script)
- -𑒁 (Tirhuta script)
- -𑨀 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *-os. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ος (-os) and Latin -us.
Suffix edit
-अ • (-a) m
- creates action nouns from roots
Declension edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of -अ (-a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | -अः -aḥ |
-औ / -आ¹ -au / -ā¹ |
-आः / -आसः¹ -āḥ / -āsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | -अ -a |
-औ / -आ¹ -au / -ā¹ |
-आः / -आसः¹ -āḥ / -āsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | -अम् -am |
-औ / -आ¹ -au / -ā¹ |
-आन् -ān |
| Instrumental | -एन -ena |
-आभ्याम् -ābhyām |
-ऐः / -एभिः¹ -aiḥ / -ebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | -आय -āya |
-आभ्याम् -ābhyām |
-एभ्यः -ebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | -आत् -āt |
-आभ्याम् -ābhyām |
-एभ्यः -ebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | -अस्य -asya |
-अयोः -ayoḥ |
-आनाम् -ānām |
| Locative | -ए -e |
-अयोः -ayoḥ |
-एषु -eṣu |
| Notes |
| ||