बाळ
Appearance
Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla). Cognate with Gujarati બાળ (bāḷ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]बाळ • (bāḷ) n
Declension
[edit]Declension of बाळ (neut cons-stem) | |||
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direct singular |
बाळ bāḷ | ||
direct plural |
बाळे, बाळं bāḷe, bāḷa | ||
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
nominative प्रथमा |
बाळ bāḷ |
बाळे, बाळं bāḷe, bāḷa | |
oblique सामान्यरूप |
बाळा bāḷā |
बाळां- bāḷān- | |
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
बाळाला bāḷālā |
बाळांना bāḷānnā | |
ergative | बाळाने, बाळानं bāḷāne, bāḷāna |
बाळांनी bāḷānnī | |
instrumental | बाळाशी bāḷāśī |
बाळांशी bāḷānśī | |
locative सप्तमी |
बाळात bāḷāt |
बाळांत bāḷāt | |
vocative संबोधन |
बाळा bāḷā |
बाळांनो bāḷānno | |
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. |
Genitive declension of बाळ (neut cons-stem) | ||||||||
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masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
बाळाचा bāḷāċā |
बाळाचे bāḷāċe |
बाळाची bāḷācī |
बाळाच्या bāḷācā |
बाळाचे, बाळाचं bāḷāċe, bāḷāċa |
बाळाची bāḷācī |
बाळाच्या bāḷācā | |
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
बाळांचा bāḷānċā |
बाळांचे bāḷānċe |
बाळांची bāḷāñcī |
बाळांच्या bāḷāncā |
बाळांचे, बाळांचं bāḷānċe, bāḷānċa |
बाळांची bāḷāñcī |
बाळांच्या bāḷāñcā | |
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. |
References
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “बाळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बाळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “बाळ”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press