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-क

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit -क (-ka). Doublet of -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-क • (-ka) m

  1. (productive only with Sanskrit loans) a diminutive masculine nominal suffix

Derived terms edit

Hindi terms suffixed with -क

Konkani edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix edit

-क • (-k) (Latin script -k, Kannada script -ಕ)

  1. marks the accusative/dative case

Usage notes edit

Always appended to the oblique stem of the noun.

‎भाचो (bhātsô) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎भाच्याक (bhātsyāk)

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Suffix edit

-क • (-ka) m

  1. a diminutive masculine nominal suffix
    ‎शश (śaśa, “hare”) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎शशक (śaśaka, “rabbit”; literally, “little hare”)
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of -क (-ka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -कः
-kaḥ 		-कौ / -का¹
-kau / -kā¹ 		-काः / -कासः¹
-kāḥ / -kāsaḥ¹
Vocative -क
-ka 		-कौ / -का¹
-kau / -kā¹ 		-काः / -कासः¹
-kāḥ / -kāsaḥ¹
Accusative -कम्
-kam 		-कौ / -का¹
-kau / -kā¹ 		-कान्
-kān
Instrumental -केन
-kena 		-काभ्याम्
-kābhyām 		-कैः / -केभिः¹
-kaiḥ / -kebhiḥ¹
Dative -काय
-kāya 		-काभ्याम्
-kābhyām 		-केभ्यः
-kebhyaḥ
Ablative -कात्
-kāt 		-काभ्याम्
-kābhyām 		-केभ्यः
-kebhyaḥ
Genitive -कस्य
-kasya 		-कयोः
-kayoḥ 		-कानाम्
-kānām
Locative -के
-ke 		-कयोः
-kayoḥ 		-केषु
-keṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Descendants edit
  • → Hindi: -क (-ka)

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas. Doublet of -अक (-aka) and -इक (-ika).

Suffix edit

-क • (-ka) m

  1. Forms doer/maker nouns from other nouns
    ‎फेन (phena, “foam”) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎फेनक (phenaka, “soap”; literally, “foam-maker”)
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