vṛddhi

See also: vrddhi and vr̥ddhi

English

Alternative forms

• vrddhi, vr̥ddhi, vriddhi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वृद्धि (vṛddhi, “growth, increase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɹɪ.di/

Noun

vṛddhi (countable and uncountable, plural vṛddhis)

1. (linguistics, linguistic morphology) The strongest ablaut-grade in a series of vowel alternations in certain Indo-European languages, most notably Sanskrit, as well as in Proto-Indo-European.
   • 2004, Benjamin Fortson, Indo-European Language and Culture, Blackwell 2004, page 117:

     Sometimes a vrddhi-derivative was formed from a zero-grade and involved the insertion of the full-grade vowel in the “wrong” place.

2. (Sanskrit grammar) A group of long vowels.

Derived terms

• vṛddhied