Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Marathi माती (mātī), from Sanskrit मृत्तिका (mṛttikā). Compare Gujarati માટી (māṭī), Hindi माटी (māṭī).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ma.t̪i/, [ma.t̪iː]

Noun edit

माती (mātīf

  1. soil, earth

Declension edit

Declension of माती (fem ī-stem)
direct
singular
माती
mātī
direct
plural
मात्या
mātyā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
माती
mātī
मात्या
mātyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
माती
mātī
मात्यां-
mātyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
मातीला
mātīlā
मात्यांना
mātyānnā
ergative मातीने, मातीनं
mātīne, mātīna
मात्यांनी
mātyānnī
instrumental मातीशी
mātīśī
मात्यांशी
mātyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
मातीत
mātīt
मात्यांत
mātyāt
vocative
संबोधन
माती
mātī
मात्यांनो
mātyānno
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 माती (fem ī-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
मातीचा
mātīċā
मातीचे
mātīċe
मातीची
mātīcī
मातीच्या
mātīcā
मातीचे, मातीचं
mātīċe, mātīċa
मातीची
mātīcī
मातीच्या
mātīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
मात्यांचा
mātyānċā
मात्यांचे
mātyānċe
मात्यांची
mātyāñcī
मात्यांच्या
mātyāncā
मात्यांचे, मात्यांचं
mātyānċe, mātyānċa
मात्यांची
mātyāñcī
मात्यांच्या
mātyāñcā
* 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, “माती”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माती”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mŕ̊ttikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press