-मत्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- -मन्त् (-mant)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬫᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- -မတ် (Burmese script)
- -मत् (Devanagari script)
- -ਮਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌮𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- -ꦩꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- -𑂧𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- -មត៑ (Khmer script)
- -ມຕ຺ (Lao script)
- -മത് (Malayalam script)
- -ᠮᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
- -𑘦𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- -ᠮᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
- -𑧆𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐩𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- -ମତ୍ (Odia script)
- -ꢪꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆩𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- -𑖦𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- -මත් (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩴𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚢𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- -மத் (Tamil script)
- -มตฺ (Thai script)
- -་མ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- -𑨢𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-mants, from Proto-Indo-European *-ments, dissimilated from *-wents (whence -वत् (-vat)) after *-u-.[1] Cognate with Avestan -𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬝 (-mant̰) and Persian ـمند (-mand).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐt/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐt̪/
Suffix
-मत् • (-mat)[2]
Usage notes
Generally accented on the suffix if the noun to which it is added has the accent on its final syllable.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -मान् (-mān) | -मन्तौ (-mantau) -मन्ता¹ (-mantā¹) |
-मन्तः (-mantaḥ) |
| accusative | -मन्तम् (-mantam) | -मन्तौ (-mantau) -मन्ता¹ (-mantā¹) |
-मतः (-mataḥ) |
| instrumental | -मता (-matā) | -मद्भ्याम् (-madbhyām) | -मद्भिः (-madbhiḥ) |
| dative | -मते (-mate) | -मद्भ्याम् (-madbhyām) | -मद्भ्यः (-madbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -मतः (-mataḥ) | -मद्भ्याम् (-madbhyām) | -मद्भ्यः (-madbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -मतः (-mataḥ) | -मतोः (-matoḥ) | -मताम् (-matām) |
| locative | -मति (-mati) | -मतोः (-matoḥ) | -मत्सु (-matsu) |
| vocative | -मन् (-man) -मः² (-maḥ²) |
-मन्तौ (-mantau) -मन्ता¹ (-mantā¹) |
-मन्तः (-mantaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Rigvedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -मती (-matī) | -मत्यौ (-matyau) -मती¹ (-matī¹) |
-मत्यः (-matyaḥ) -मतीः¹ (-matīḥ¹) |
| accusative | -मतीम् (-matīm) | -मत्यौ (-matyau) -मती¹ (-matī¹) |
-मतीः (-matīḥ) |
| instrumental | -मत्या (-matyā) | -मतीभ्याम् (-matībhyām) | -मतीभिः (-matībhiḥ) |
| dative | -मत्यै (-matyai) | -मतीभ्याम् (-matībhyām) | -मतीभ्यः (-matībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -मत्याः (-matyāḥ) -मत्यै² (-matyai²) |
-मतीभ्याम् (-matībhyām) | -मतीभ्यः (-matībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -मत्याः (-matyāḥ) -मत्यै² (-matyai²) |
-मत्योः (-matyoḥ) | -मतीनाम् (-matīnām) |
| locative | -मत्याम् (-matyām) | -मत्योः (-matyoḥ) | -मतीषु (-matīṣu) |
| vocative | -मति (-mati) | -मत्यौ (-matyau) -मती¹ (-matī¹) |
-मत्यः (-matyaḥ) -मतीः¹ (-matīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -मत् (-mat) | -मती (-matī) | -मन्ति (-manti) |
| accusative | -मत् (-mat) | -मती (-matī) | -मन्ति (-manti) |
| instrumental | -मता (-matā) | -मद्भ्याम् (-madbhyām) | -मद्भिः (-madbhiḥ) |
| dative | -मते (-mate) | -मद्भ्याम् (-madbhyām) | -मद्भ्यः (-madbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -मतः (-mataḥ) | -मद्भ्याम् (-madbhyām) | -मद्भ्यः (-madbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -मतः (-mataḥ) | -मतोः (-matoḥ) | -मताम् (-matām) |
| locative | -मति (-mati) | -मतोः (-matoḥ) | -मत्सु (-matsu) |
| vocative | -मत् (-mat) | -मती (-matī) | -मन्ति (-manti) |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Wackernagel, Jakob; Albert Debrunner (1896-1964), Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)[1] (in German), Vol. II.2: Die Nominalsuffixe, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1954, 708-715, pages 880-894
- ^ William Dwight Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar[2], § 475-6, page 1235