ـدا

See also: دا

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • ـندا (-ndā)postvocalic

Etymology

From the masculine singular accusative of Sanskrit -अत् (-at), -अन्तम् (-antam), (with a later extension in MIA) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Hindi -ता (-tā), Belarusian -у́чы (-účy), and German -end.

Pronunciation

Suffix

ـدا • (-dā) (Gurmukhi spelling -ਦਾ)

  1. used to form the masculine singular habitual participle from verb stems
    دَھرِیک (dharīk) + ‎ـدا (-dā) → ‎دَھرِیکدا (dharīkdā)

Usage notes

  • Before consonant‑final noun stems, this suffix attaches without change (e.g. دَھرِیک (dharīk) + ‎ـدا (-dā) → ‎دَھرِیکدا (dharīkdā)). However, with stems ending in a vowel it normally nasalizes that vowel and often inserts a weakly articulated /n/, as in: پِ (pi) + ‎ـدا (-dā) → ‎پِندا (pindā)

In most cases this nasalization reflects an original nasal consonant from Prakrit -𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢 (-anta).

  • The participle declines differently than adjectives, particularly in the direct feminine plural:

    This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Uyghur

Suffix

ـدا • (-da)

  1. locative case suffix

See also

Uyghur case suffixes
voiced consonant unvoiced consonant
back vowel front vowel back vowel front vowel
nominative
genitive ـنىڭ (-ning)
accusative ـنى (-ni)
dative ـغا (-gha) ـگە (-ge) ـقا (-qa) ـكە (-ke)
ـقە (-qe)
locative ـدا (-da) ـدە (-de) ـتا (-ta) ـتە (-te)
ablative ـدىن (-din) ـتىن (-tin)
locative-qualitative ـدىكى (-diki) ـتىكى (-tiki)
limitative ـغىچە (-ghiche) ـگىچە (-giche) ـقىچە (-qiche) ـكىچە (-kiche)
similitude ـدەك (-dek) ـتەك (-tek)
equivalence ـچىلىك (-chilik)
ـچە (-che)
representative ـنىڭكى (-ningki)
  • Appendix:Uyghur suffixes