ghosa

Pali

The noun is inherited from Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa). The grammatical term is a semantic loan from Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa, “voiced”).

ghosa m

ghosa

(grammar) voiced
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
  घोसाघोस इच्चनेन क्वत्थो? वग्गे घोसाघोसानं ततियपठमा (१।३।७)।
  Ghosāghosa iccanena kvattho? Vagge ghosāghosānaṃ tatiyapaṭhamā (1-3-7).
  'Voiced' v. 'voiceless', what is the usage of this? In a division the third and first are the starts of the voiced and voiceless. (1-3-7)

Declension table of "ghosa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ghoso	ghosā
Accusative (second)	ghosaṃ	ghose
Instrumental (third)	ghosena	ghosehi or ghosebhi
Dative (fourth)	ghosassa or ghosāya or ghosatthaṃ	ghosānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ghosasmā or ghosamhā or ghosā	ghosehi or ghosebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ghosassa	ghosānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ghosasmiṃ or ghosamhi or ghose	ghosesu
Vocative (calling)	ghosa	ghosā

Declension table of "ghosa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ghosaṃ	ghosāni
Accusative (second)	ghosaṃ	ghosāni
Instrumental (third)	ghosena	ghosehi or ghosebhi
Dative (fourth)	ghosassa or ghosāya or ghosatthaṃ	ghosānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ghosasmā or ghosamhā or ghosā	ghosehi or ghosebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ghosassa	ghosānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ghosasmiṃ or ghosamhi or ghose	ghosesu
Vocative (calling)	ghosa	ghosāni