ගූථ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• gūtha (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀽𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• गूथ (Devanagari script)
• গূথ (Bengali script)
• ဂူထ or ၷူထ (Burmese script)
• คูถ or คูถะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩪᨳ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄູຖ or ຄູຖະ (Lao script)
• គូថ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄫𑄗 (Chakma script)

Noun

ගූථ n or m

1. Sinhala script form of gūtha (“faeces”)

Declension

Declension table of "ගූථ" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ගූථං (gūthaṃ)	ගූථානි (gūthāni)
Accusative (second)	ගූථං (gūthaṃ)	ගූථානි (gūthāni)
Instrumental (third)	ගූථෙන (gūthena)	ගූථෙහි (gūthehi) or ගූථෙභි (gūthebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ගූථස‍්ස (gūthassa) or ගූථාය (gūthāya) or ගූථත්‍ථං (gūthatthaṃ)	ගූථානං (gūthānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ගූථස‍්මා (gūthasmā) or ගූථම‍්හා (gūthamhā) or ගූථා (gūthā)	ගූථෙහි (gūthehi) or ගූථෙභි (gūthebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ගූථස‍්ස (gūthassa)	ගූථානං (gūthānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ගූථස‍්මිං (gūthasmiṃ) or ගූථම‍්හි (gūthamhi) or ගූථෙ (gūthe)	ගූථෙසු (gūthesu)
Vocative (calling)	ගූථ (gūtha)	ගූථානි (gūthāni)

When masculine, the following three cases have some differences:

Declension table of "ගූථ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ගූථො (gūtho)	ගූථා (gūthā)
Accusative (second)	ගූථං (gūthaṃ)	ගූථෙ (gūthe)
Vocative (calling)	ගූථ (gūtha)	ගූථා (gūthā)

Sinhalese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha). Doublet of ගූ (gū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuː.t̪a/

Noun

ගූථ • (gūtha)

1. synonym of ගූ (gū)

References

• Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “ගූථ”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 215.