Lesson 22 Flashcards
Taddhita - Nominal Derivatives
How do you signify possession, pedigree etc ?
add “a” suffix
How do you signify ‘pertaining to’, ‘mixed with’, ‘crossing’, ‘versed in’, ‘engaged in’, etc. ?
add “ika” suffix
English: -ish and -ic, as in hellish or heroic.
How do you signify “pertaining to” ?
add “ima” or “iya” suffix
How do you signify “possession”?
add “I, ika, ima, mantu, vantu, and vī” suffix
How do use apply “made sense of” ?
add “maya” suffix
How do you signify “collection, state of quality”?
add “tā” suffix
How do you signify “state or quality”
add “tta” or “ya” suffix
How do you express comparative degree?
add “tara” or “iya” suffix
How do you express superlative degree?
add “tams” or “iṭṭha” suffix
How do you denote a group?
add ““ka” suffix
How do you denote the number of times?
add “kkattuṃ” suffix
How do you form distributive adverbs?
“dhā” is affixed to numerals, “so” and “thā” to others
