गावी
Sanskrit
Etymology
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Feminine noun from thematicised *गाव (*gāva, “ox”) + -ई (-ī), further from गो (gó).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɑː.ʋiː/
Noun
गावी • (gāvī) stem, f [1][2] (Classical Sanskrit)
- cow
- Pat
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गावी (gāvī) | गाव्यौ (gāvyau) | गाव्यः (gāvyaḥ) |
| accusative | गावीम् (gāvīm) | गाव्यौ (gāvyau) | गावीः (gāvīḥ) |
| instrumental | गाव्या (gāvyā) | गावीभ्याम् (gāvībhyām) | गावीभिः (gāvībhiḥ) |
| dative | गाव्यै (gāvyai) | गावीभ्याम् (gāvībhyām) | गावीभ्यः (gāvībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गाव्याः (gāvyāḥ) | गावीभ्याम् (gāvībhyām) | गावीभ्यः (gāvībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गाव्याः (gāvyāḥ) | गाव्योः (gāvyoḥ) | गावीनाम् (gāvīnām) |
| locative | गाव्याम् (gāvyām) | गाव्योः (gāvyoḥ) | गावीषु (gāvīṣu) |
| vocative | गावि (gāvi) | गाव्यौ (gāvyau) | गाव्यः (gāvyaḥ) |
Descendants
References
- ^ Monier Williams (1899), “गावी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 354, column 3.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*gāva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 222