𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙 (accha), 𑀭𑀺𑀁𑀙 (riṃcha), 𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (rikkha)

Etymology

PIE word
*h₂ŕ̥tḱos

Inherited from Sanskrit ऋक्ष (ṛ́kṣa). Cognate with Pali accha.

Noun

𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 (riccha) m (Devanagari रिच्छ, Kannada ರಿಚ್ಛ) (Maharastri, Sauraseni)

1. bear

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁄 (riccho)	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (ricchā)
Accusative	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀁 (ricchaṃ)	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂 (ricche) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (ricchā)
Instrumental	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀡 (riccheṇa) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀡𑀁 (riccheṇaṃ)	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ricchehi) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ricchehiṃ)
Dative	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀅 (ricchāa)	—
Ablative	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀑 (ricchāo) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀉 (ricchāu) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (ricchā) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ricchāhi) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ricchāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ricchassa)	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀡 (ricchāṇa) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ricchāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ricchammi) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂 (ricche)	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀲𑀼 (ricchesu) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (ricchesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 (riccha) or 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (ricchā)	𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (ricchā)

Descendants

• Gujarati: રીંછ (rī̃ch)
• Hindustani: rīch

  Hindi: रीछ

  Urdu: رِیچھ (rīch)

• Old Marathi: 𑘨𑘱𑘮𑘭 (rihasa), 𑘨𑘲𑘭 (rīsa)
• Punjabi: ਰਿੱਛ (riccha)
• Romani: rićh

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ŕ̊kṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 223.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 19.